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The FBI can't inspect data about Americans without a warrant, which they presumably don't have. The other countries who were in on this have no such restrictions and will read the messages by American citizens just fine. They may or may not decide to tip off the FBI if there is evidence of crime in the messages, and the FBI at that point would have "reasonable suspicion" and could acquire a warrant based on that.


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