The proposed framework is self-serving, flawed and behind the state of art. I say this as someone who really loves Google's products and uses them heavily. To s

The proposed framework is self-serving, flawed and behind the state of art. I say this as someone who really loves Google's products and uses them heavily. To summarize US citizens, as a right, have and must continue to have their due process rights adjudicated by US Courts in accordance with the Constitution. 1. Requests under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) take a long time because the Courts don't move quickly. If Google, or a requesting country finds the US judicial process too slow welcome to reality. Lobby for more Court resources, advocate for decriminalization of minor offenses, etc., etc. 2. Assertions of Extraterritorial jurisdiction (EJT) are a business risk, just like customs regulations, tariffs and privacy regulations. If Google finds them inconvenient then adjust the business model. 3. "We are also seeing various proposals to require companies to store data within local borders as a means to gain easier access. There are a host of problems with this: small, one-off data centers are easier targets for attackers and jeopardize data security and privacy. Further, requiring businesses to build these data-centers will raise the costs for cloud services, erecting significant barriers for smaller companies." ...Not credible, at all. Smaller companies don't build data centers. Data flows like currency to centers where trade-offs among speed, security, cost, privacy and other considerations is optimal. The market can resolve these issues on its own in response to host country data privacy and criminal law. 4. And, finally, assurances of adherence to baseline due process, human rights, and privacy standards are largely meaningless to anyone paying attention to the rampant corporate and political espionage states routinely and sometimes/often appropriately engage in. The last thing US businesses need is the long arm of foreign government's attitudes toward encryption, by way of example, reaching into their data. Again, I believe Google's contributions across all its offerings and policies is a big net positive. Their position on this issue is horribly misguided in my opinion.