[privacy] EU: Brussels Attacks New U.S. Security Demands

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via EU Observer.

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The European Commission has poured cold water on a set of security
requirements recently tabled by Washington, describing the move as
"unacceptable" and going "too far".

"The text is unacceptable. It's just way beyond anything that can be done,"
Jonathan Faull, the head of the commission's home affairs department, said
on Wednesday (13 February), referring to a US-proposed memorandum of
understanding distributed to EU capitals.

The document consists of a series of demands designed to keep better track
of who wants to enter US territory.

The wishlist includes in-flight security officers aboard transatlantic
flights operated by the US airlines, an electronic travel authorisation
system as well as an accord to share further data on air passengers and
lost and stolen passports.

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More:
http://euobserver.com/9/25657

- - ferg

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