Wiretapping with a warrant is not obstructed by this, of course: it might require a bit of crossborder co-operation to get an EU warrant for the data of an EU national, but it's still possible to tap a specific user for law enforcement purposes.
What's not legal is warantless universal wiretapping.
(Also, I don't want the US to be "world police"! Like US domestic police they are far too trigger-happy. And the US is one of the few countries not signed up to the International Criminal Court. Would you want a police without a court?)
They hand over Roman Polanski, and we're off to a good start.
> What's not legal is warantless universal wiretapping.
So punish the government of the United States - not the businesses.
> Would you want a police without a court?
That's called "a military." And yes, I want a military. And since our enemies don't bother to dress up in bright-colored uniforms, and stand in a row in a field anymore, our military needs to be a lot more nimble. And since our international efforts (the UN) are often blocked by one or two security council members, I'm not impressed with the UN's ability to keep the peace.
Move fast, blow up hospitals? But I'm glad you accepted that the US is not a police service (ie legally accountable to the policed, following due process) but a military (ie an occupying force that executes people at will).
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are wars of choice by the US, and the end result has been a total destabilisation and millions of people killed or made refugees.
Intervention in Ukraine would have meant shooting at the Russians and starting WW3. Not invading Iraq would have left the region as-is without sacking the whole Iraqi army, leaving them and their weapon s to become ISIS.
What's not legal is warantless universal wiretapping.
(Also, I don't want the US to be "world police"! Like US domestic police they are far too trigger-happy. And the US is one of the few countries not signed up to the International Criminal Court. Would you want a police without a court?)