Are you of the mindset that the US gov't can and will do whatever they want, on a world-wide scale, regardless of any law/restriction that is in place?
They do. They think the world should bow down to US interests.
There are 3 CIA employee who have been
convicted in absence in the Italian courts for kidnapping but the US gov has refused to extradite them to face justice. However if the US want's to extradite an EU citizen all they do is submit charges, no evidence required, and they almost always get their man sent over on the next plane - EU/US extradition law 2009. So the EU abides by this mutually agreed piece of international law but the US ignores it whenever they feel like they know better - which is most of the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Seldon_LadyHowever what this means is that the SEC are
more likely to go after an EU citizen over a US one!
Does anybody actually think the SEC would be interested in taking down a legitimate US btc mining business? I don't think they are acting on anything other than fraud and ponzi. Legitimate tech businesses are not the target.