This really needs to be upvoted and shared. In fact, I find the slashdot article to be particularly relevant:

"'While handing over data in response to a legitimate FISA request is a legal requirement,' the Times noted, 'making it easier for the government to get the information is not, which is why Twitter could decline to do so.'"

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/11/13/0358206/facebook-pate...