"Note that these same countries expect the United States to act as World Police". Nobody (except some Americans) want this. "I deplore mass surveillance. I re

"Note that these same countries expect the United States to act as World Police". Nobody (except some Americans) want this. "I deplore mass surveillance. I really do. But I think wiretapping with a warrant is a necessary tool for fighting crime, and terror, and bad state actors." I hate X but Y is necessary (because I said so) so let's do X anyway. "There's a part of me that desperately hopes all major internet services just shut off Europe entirely. Welcome back to the Stone Age." If by stone age, you mean 2006, great.