Businesses that receive a court order for data similar to the one reportedly handed to Verizon by an intelligence agency have no choice but to comply, an expert says. The order was probably not smart policy, says Paul Rosenzweig, founder of business advisory firm Red Branch Law & Consulting. The Obama administration defended the data gathering as “a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats to the United States” It also said the intelligence gathering was done legally under the Patriots Act, and with the review and authorization of Congress and the courts.”]