[whatevsbro]

> Hence the US is entitled to listen to everything non-US people say, read everything non-US people write, search data not stored on US soil, monitor non-US financial transactions, etc. All without having to respect any law of any other country.

I hope you realize that the US most definitely does all of that inside the US too! The NSA's pretending to only target "Outsiders" only serves to make the all-encompassing surveillance more abstract, and thus somewhat more palatable to the local masses.

[mkempe]

Yes, but my point is that non-Americans have and will increasingly choose options that US residents don't have.

[whatevsbro]

You can rest assured that all governments monitor their citizens to the best of their abilities.