Re: [wlug] Court Says Microsoft Does Not Need To Respond To US Warrant For Overseas Data

I wrote:

The peculiar thing is, there are already international arrangements under which the US can ask the Irish Government to request one of their courts to order the surrender of the data. But they don’t seem to want to do that.

This is the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, mentioned in this report <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/microsoft-wins-court-rules-feds-cant-use-sca-to-nab-overseas-data/>.