It's one thing to say that laws in the US apply to what US residents do outside the US, it's quite another to pretend that a US law overrides laws in sovereign

It's one thing to say that laws in the US apply to what US residents do outside the US, it's quite another to pretend that a US law overrides laws in sovereign nations. Of course they can't, FBI Hackers are likely liable to arrest and/or extradition if caught, while it's possible that the US might abrogate its extradition treaties in this case, suspects may find themselves arrested by 3rd countries the moment the leave US borders, or, depending on the country even tried in absentia