#1 - It's really pretty simple. The companies get legal immunity from the government by denying the existence of the program. They already are, no doubt, indemn

#1 - It's really pretty simple. The companies get legal immunity from the government by denying the existence of the program. They already are, no doubt, indemnified. Companies are so risk averse they wouldn't do it without immunity. Disclosing information about the program would violate the conditions of that immunity.