A Court got uppity

The Court hearing the litigation against AT&T over the NSA eavesdropping issue handed down an order in response to the government's demand that the case be dismissed on the basis of the state secrets privilege. In it the Court demands, among other things, the government explain

How can confirming or denying the existence of the alleged surveillance program at issue here, or AT&T's alleged participation in that program, constitute disclosure of a state secret when the program has been so widely reported in the public sphere?

I guess the Court thinks the claim is pretty absurd.

Of course, the government's immediate response was to demand that the case be moved to another court.