Why is a distinction made between US and non-US people? Why do some systems automatically ignore all US IP addresses?
What makes me a potential criminal, and Mr. Smith not? Why can he read my email without a court order, but not from someone from Nebraska? Why does my physical location, or proxy server for that matter, matter?
I think the only reason is because it's simply in the US law, so it doesn't really say much. It's just one of those things that are the way they are. But then...
why does he keep bringing it up as "you shouldn't be worried because we don't look at data from the US"... if I'm not from the US? Does this mean I should be worried that he is really reading my email if it has certain keywords? I could become an intelligence target because of keywords or activism in certain groups, merely because I'm not using a US-based proxy server?