The real story...
This is about the DOJ not wanting for follow established law. Period.
Quote from previously published articles on the REG:
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"Microsoft tries to defend Irish servers from US g-men invasion, again
Appeal begins in Manhattan
By Richard Chirgwin 9 Dec 2014 at 05:32
Microsoft is continuing its battle against US demands that it hand over e-mail data stored in Ireland "
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"Nuh-uh, Google, you WILL hand over emails stored on foreign servers, says US judge
If you can access them in California, so can the Feds
By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 20 Apr 2017 at 22:31
"The warrant, issued on June 30, 2016, ordered Google to hand over information on a number of specific Gmail accounts, including message content, attachments, metadata, and locational data."
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If the DOJ needs the emails in another country's through the means of US warrants, in a timely manner because it will jeopardize some massive harm to society, is just BS.
This issue goes back to at least 2014, if not earlier.
If the LEO had follow established international law and just got on the phone with LEO in Ireland prior to December, 2014, they would already have the emails in hand, tried and convict the individuals.
By the way if the Ireland data center is independent and since no formal requests have been issued in Ireland to stop destruction of files, why can't the local IT dept do a little house cleaning of the servers since most likely these email accounts have inactive for a number years and just delete them? Until they are issued a order from the Irish courts they are not bound by the US Courts to preserve evidence.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
