I did not support gag orders or lack of transparency, quite the opposite. I am suggesting the app/protocol to publicly log lawful intercept access and for there to be public auditing for the reasons behind the requests (the time, id and jurisdiction are logged publicly).

The problem you are describing is political ultimately. If the premise is that government's can't be trusted then the protocol/app shouldn't be operated by entities like signal or the tor project who have to answer to them. P2P+e2ee+stego is probably best. But a messaging app operating within the law by corporations must allow lawful access but as part of an established and auditable process, not one off targeted access.