FOIA requests over a certain threshold require the requester to pay fees, so certainly the "cost" of a FOIA request can be passed along. I'm skeptical about th

FOIA requests over a certain threshold require the requester to pay fees, so certainly the "cost" of a FOIA request can be passed along. I'm skeptical about the problems the NSA has with searching emails, since they could probably just install some of their own tools on their email servers to index and collate. I have a feeling its more of a political lack of will rather than technological. These folks want scrutiny into everyone else, not themselves.