For example, you can frame opposition to this as an affront to privacy and overreach by government.

Precisely, like the kind that costs obscene amounts of money.

> the right mix of logos, ethos, and pathos.

So it suggests the question, is there evidence that this is how this was achieved?

> you can frame opposition to this as an affront to privacy and overreach by government.

Which are not outcomes that are historically difficult to achieve.