As you say, a sham : as long as the Patriot Act is still effectively ongoing, everyone else is still trying really hard to look the other way, (especially while the war is still ongoing !), ignoring the CJUE, which has no choice but to shoot down one agreement after another, since they automatically violate the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schrems#Schrems_I