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Comment on Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk's X on disclosing federal surveillance

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Thanks for trying, X.

  ... argued that the federal government’s prohibition on the company disclosing the exact number of receipts of national security-related requests for surveillance of users was unconstitutional, and should be granted only in exceptional cases
It seems wrong to prevent reporting not just of the particulars of the surveillance but on the scale of it as well. It hides important perspective from the voters more than it protects national security. Or perhaps it's an attempt to protect the security apparatus from the voters.
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