then it becomes a political issue between the EU and the US? mind you, prior to this administration the EU was more then happy to help the US DOJ in such cases

then it becomes a political issue between the EU and the US? mind you, prior to this administration the EU was more then happy to help the US DOJ in such cases. considering the stuff that happened in the past year or so, i doubt that would happen again. Actually calling bluff on the US is the only way to play this properly, because it gives the EU a mandate to strike back geopolitically if the US wants to retaliate for non-compliance by fastmail.