1) Considering these programs may be authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts, and thus may be legal, none of these responses are actually den

1) Considering these programs may be authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts, and thus may be legal, none of these responses are actually denials. Far from it. 2) Moreover, if the alleged companies were knowingly providing user data to the US government as members of the PRISM program, they would be unable to confirm or deny this fact because it would be illegal for them to do so. The orders for compliance are accompanied with gag orders.