But then you are basically compelled to lie, otherwise you'd violate the gag order.
If the gag order would only prohibit the disclosure of the contents, then businesses could simply show the list of NSLs received (basically the date and time of when they got it and when they complied with it).
Umm. So what I am understanding is that statement 1 "I have not received any NSL" is a true statement 100% of the way and they can say it for as long as they do not receive any NSL.
The moment they recv an NSL, they cannot say statement 1 anymore. So they say something different... not sure what that is.
If the gag order would only prohibit the disclosure of the contents, then businesses could simply show the list of NSLs received (basically the date and time of when they got it and when they complied with it).