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If the tech companies have been slandered unfairly, why don't they sue the Guardian?

Because The Guardian has 19,998 more documents that they don't know the contents of.

If they have have acted properly, why should that stop them?

It's hard to lie effectively when you don't know how much of the truth is known.

Because nobody, probably not even at the NSA, is confident that they actually know the full extent of what's going on.

So true. That's one of the most dangerous aspects of conducting this type of thing in the dark.

They think the clear denial and resulting walk-backs are enough.