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The NSA can just crack into your servers abroad, if they want to; no warrants required. Admittedly they'd have to work a bit harder if it's not in a jurisdiction friendly to them, but breaking into foreign servers is basically their job.

If people running the company in question still hold US citizenship or keep money in the US, the US legal system can still reach them unless they never want to go home.

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Yes if companies move off shore then the NSA doesn't even have to give a second thought to the legality of their actions(not that they're giving it much thought now). But if enough big US businesses move elsewhere and take their jobs and tax revenue with them, that will probably serve as a strong motivator for Congress critters.

I wish!

Reality is far from that I am afraid.

and its not exactly trivial to renounce US citizenship either. They'll still come after you if they believe you're just tax dodging.

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