I don't get why this is downvoted. There is a huge difference between, say, a court order or other force-backed request and a requirement in a bidding process.

I don't get why this is downvoted. There is a huge difference between, say, a court order or other force-backed request and a requirement in a bidding process. It doesn't absolve the NSA of any guilt here either, but this is not a helpless Juniper giving in due to full weight and power of the government.