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  • 22-12-2003 9:46pm
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    luckat
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    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61680,00.html/wn_ascii

    EU Travel Privacy Battle Heats Up_
    By Ryan Singel



    Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61680,00.html


    02:00 AM Dec. 22, 2003 PT


    Some European politicians are trying to stop an agreement between Europe and the United States to share travelers' personal information in an effort to screen for terrorists and drug smugglers, announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.


    Two European Parliament members are already calling for the European Union's highest court to examine the legality of the announced compromise, which was negotiated by the European Union's executive branch, known as the European Commission.




    The Commission said airlines could continue to share personal passenger data because the United States' privacy protections were "adequate."


    Parliament members, including Johanna Boogerd, a Dutch Liberal, sharply questioned that judgment.

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    daveirl
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    Cork
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    The US are entitled to take any measures yt wishes to protect itself and its citozens.


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    Sand
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    Any measure; No

    Reasonable measures ; Yes.

    Bear in mind - if the U.S. steps up security and screening to detect terrorists entering the U.S. theyre criticised for being Nazis.

    If they dont and another terrorist attack takes place in the U.S. then theyre criticised for allowing the attack to take place to exploit it for political gain.

    Actually having detailed info on who is travelling into the U.S. is not reasonable. Its just below sending the jews to Austwitz 2.0, new and improved. Hell, its positiion on the scale of evil compared to death camps is fairly debateable.


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