Is telling the police "no" going to be my downfall?

In skimming through the Spectre terminal, I found a request for surveillance from C-Sec.

"Spectre authorization would enable C-Sec to tap into business feeds without informing civilian agencies."

This is something I would probably complain about in reality, so I am tempted to just leave it unauthorized. However, since this is a game, I wonder what negative or positive effects it may have.

Are there any downfalls to leaving this request unauthorized?

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Authorizing this makes a small War Asset change (+7) to the Citadel Defense Force. Not authorizing it appears to do nothing.

The asset will be updated with:

A Spectre gave C-Sec permission to tap into surveillance on private citizens. C-Sec used the footage to make several arrests, improving security.

If authorizing it bothers you, I'd ignore it :)