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Re:Airbnb Law Enforcement Transparency Report by ikeboy on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:15PM (#12416900)
There would be no legal basis for such a prohibition, as there's no plausible national security endangerment were the request to be revealed.
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Re:Airbnb Law Enforcement Transparency Report by DKnoll on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:40PM (#12416986)
Haven't you seen Men in Black?
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Re:Airbnb Law Enforcement Transparency Report by nickpsecurity on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:56PM (#12417036)
Well, less ignore mass panic and such. It's always been US government policy not to talk about these things. Canadian and UK, too, apparently. So, it being classified mighg make it a no go.

However, I found this Quora answer to give pretty good justification on national security grounds for military scenarios:

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-government-afraid-of-reveal...

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