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andsoitistoday at 1:00 PM1 replyview on HN

The US and UK let anyone in the world file a request, regardless of citizenship.

Countries that don’t usually rationalize: government is answerable primary to those it governs and taxes, limit flood of requests, some laws only extend rights to citizens of countries that offer similar rights back, worry that other governments could use it as low cost intelligence gathering, harder to charge or pursue fees.


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inigyoutoday at 1:53 PM

Don't they have courts for those things? If they are receiving a flood of unreasonable requests I'm sure they could ask a judge if they really have to do them.