Re:About Time (Score 1)

No, the evidence is not the property of a US company. The evidence is the property of a US citizen and is being held by a foreign subsidiary of a US company and is, therefore, exactly like the hotel example.

Precisely. The evidence IS the property of a US citizen. If the government want to see it then they should demand it from the US Citizen. Simultaneously they should request Microsoft to take a copy of the evidence for safe keeping so that the US citizen cannot delete the evidence. If the US Citizen refuses to provide the evidence then the US government should then request the evidence through the European courts, citing the fact that their own citizen has refused to provide it.