There was no way for them to win. Individually even companies as big as this can't take on the US government and expect to win and collective action between a g

There was no way for them to win. Individually even companies as big as this can't take on the US government and expect to win and collective action between a group like this pre Snowden would have likely either been illegal or shot down by the "aiding terrorists" action. Someone had to leak before this became feasible.