Secret EU security draft risks uproar with call to pool policing and give US personal data

[tannybogus]

Europe should consider sharing vast amounts of intelligence and information on its citizens with the US to establish a "Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation" to combat terrorism, according to a high-level confidential report on future security.

The 27 members of the EU should also pool intelligence on terrorism, develop joint video-surveillance and unmanned drone aircraft, start networks of anti-terrorism centres, and boost the role and powers of an intelligence-coordinating body in Brussels, said senior officials.

The 53-page report drafted by the Future Group of interior and justice ministers from six EU member states - Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic -argues Europe will need to integrate much of its policing, intelligence-gathering, and policy-making if it is to tackle terrorism, organised crime, and legal and illegal immigration.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2008/aug/07/ian.traynor.security.intelligence.sharing(audio report)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/07/eu.uksecurity

The EU has lost its bloody mind. I wouldn't share a cake recipe with the US with Bushco in charge.

Lord knows what they would do with this info besides lose it.:crazy:

[LynnTheDem]

1. America should consider sharing vast amounts of information on its citizens

with Europe...

[Octafish]

2. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Or was it Eurasia?

Thank you for a most important article, tannybogus.

[tannybogus]

3. No problem. Can't tell the playas without a scorecard.

We will be able to ruin their credit.:hi:

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I'm not enthusiastic about pooling Europeans' personal information into

one source for sharing. However, if Interpol were doing it versus our federal law enforcement agencies, it would be an entity that would be beyond the reach of the White House. Somewhat.