Chertoff urges data-sharing deal with EU

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Chertoff urges data-sharing deal with EU

By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press Writer
48 minutes ago

VENICE, Italy - Pieces of information gathered about airline passengers arriving
in the United States can be crucial when least expected to preventing terror
attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Saturday as he
pushed for a deal with European countries on sharing data.

European government are trying to ensure the deal will not violate their strict
privacy laws, a legacy of the continent's history with authoritarian regimes.

"I think the value of this data perhaps is not widely understood. You can't have
an informed discussion on how to handle it unless you know what it is that it
provides," Chertoff told The Associated Press after a meeting on terrorism with
top security officials from Europe's six largest nations.

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Among the disagreements are how long American authorities should be able to
use data about passengers on trans-Atlantic flights, when it should be destroyed
and which agencies should have access. The United States also wants the
authority to pull data directly from airline computers, but European countries
insist airlines must transmit the information.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_on_re_eu/eu_us_terrorism_4

[BrokenBeyondRepair]

1. translation.. they are already doing it

[Trillo]

2. Information about humans should be those humans property.

Fourth Amendment.

Pay for the usage, you Capitalists! Surely you understand ownership. Or are you really thieving facists?