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ALDE: “Only a European PNR system would close security gaps”
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament considers that today’s deal on the collection of passenger data (PNR) does not bring the security citizens may expect and regrets that the key issue of insufficient informa…
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European Agenda on Security- New powers require new safeguards
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament welcomes the Commission’s EU Internal Security Strategy presented today but nevertheless ALDE MEPs believe that whole agenda on security remains vague when it comes to ac…
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Europe must now come clean on its role in CIA torture programmes
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)’s this evening released a summary of their report into the CIA’s brutal use of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment against detainees who had been forcibly disappeared in the period following 11 September 2001 (9/11).
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NSA scandal: US assurances not enough to dispel spying suspicions
Following today’s publication by the European Commission of its assessment of the functioning of the Safe Harbour Agreement and on Rebuilding Trust in EU-US Data Flows in light of the recent data mining scandals, Sophie In’t Veld (D66, Netherlands), Vice President of Parliament’s Civil Liberties and Home Affairs committee was both sceptical and critical:
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Parliament calls for a suspension of the EU-US TFTP Agreement
Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution which clearly asks the Commission to temporarily suspend the EU-US TFTP agreement after leaked papers revealed that the US National Security Agency illegally accessed the Swift database. …
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EU-US TFTP – temporary suspension
Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution which clearly asks the Commission to temporarily suspend the EU-US TFTP agreement after leaked papers revealed that the US National Security Agency illegally accessed the Swift database. …
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