I tend toward #2.
Also, "The answer to that question cannot possibly violate the privacy of any individual."
It would violate privacy if they were monitoring all web/phone/mail traffic which would effectively bring the number to all american citizens and revealing that would violate everyones individual privacy. Maybe.
It would violate privacy if they were monitoring all web/phone/mail traffic which would effectively bring the number to all american citizens and revealing that would violate everyones individual privacy. Maybe.