Despite the article's prolific use of "Attorney General Sessions," the bill would not only apply to him, but to all future Attorneys General.

Ok, so I guess I won't be using any cloud services of companies falling under US jurisdiction any time in the future.

Why is this marked as dupe? It's a horrible article but learning about CLOUD is very important.

Related discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16585430

Has anyone seen an articulate defense of this legislation?

I can clearly understand the opposition, but I am having trouble figuring what is driving the introduction of the bill in the first place. I do not want to fully judge it until I understand what the other side is thinking.

> what the other side is thinking.

Generally the "other side" is law enforcement. The more power they have, the easier it is for law enforcement to do its job. People inside law enforcement may be less concerned about giving more power to law enforcement, because they can think "Hey, I know I won't abuse this power, so it's ok."

I believe it's because Microsoft case in front of the Supreme Court over emails stored overseas.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-m...