Or, presumably, using other people's internet peering, since the MITM was outside of the XMPP server host. I think jurisdiction games is all you have, because

Or, presumably, using other people's internet peering, since the MITM was outside of the XMPP server host. I think jurisdiction games is all you have, because outside of that there's going to be _someone_ close to you network-wise who will fold when faced with a lawful intercept order.