Re: European Swift bank data ban angers US

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:24:00 -0000, Juha-Matti Laurio  
<juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8510471.stm
>
> "The European Parliament has blocked a key agreement that allows the  
> United States to monitor Europeans' bank transactions - angering  
> Washington.
>
> The US called the decision a "setback for EU-US counter-terror  
> co-operation".

Good; this agreement should never have been set up in the first place (at  
least not without a US->EU link). I'm happy to see that the EU is finally  
standing up for itself...


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