I'm just pointing out that asking for data from a database is always going to be easier than exploiting a system, no matter whose it is. From what we know, it s

I'm just pointing out that asking for data from a database is always going to be easier than exploiting a system, no matter whose it is. From what we know, it seems that the USG has the ability to do surveillance on Google Mail by querying a database, but likely does not have that same ability on a foreign mail service. Therefore, it is likely that it is easier for the USG to read mail from a Google user. As you know, security is not about making things impossible but making them more difficult and resource-intensive. So far, we have little evidence that Google has been making anything difficult for the USG.