From the article, it's unclear who the subject of this request is - a person living in Ireland emailing from Ireland with emails stored in Ireland or a person living in the US emailing from the US with emails stored in Ireland.
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But Serrin Turner, a prosecutor from the office of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, said the warrant did not involve a search in Ireland but simply required Microsoft to provide documents it controls.
"It makes no sense for Congress to make the government go on a wild-goose chase...when the provider is sitting here in this country and can access the data at the touch of a button," he said.
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But it is a search in Ireland. That's where the data is stored.
Does international law allow this?
Personally, I disagree with this ruling. If the US wants this info, then it needs to go to Ireland and get a search warrant from an Irish court. But since it's the 800 pound gorilla in the room, it can do anything it damn well pleases.