US–EU Flight Talks Collapse

fantomas writes, "The BBC is reporting that the current US-EU talks over data collected from people flying to the USA collapsed last night. US Customs and Border Protection is insisting on access to the airlines' records and 34 pieces of data to be collected from each passenger. This data has been gathered since 2004, but only as a temporary measure. The European Court of Justice threw out the temporary agreement and set a deadline of Sept. 30 to arrive at a new one. Airlines that refuse to hand over information to US authorities may be fined up to $6,000 per passenger, and the passengers themselves held up in immigration for hours. Good for the EU on protecting the privacy of their citizens? Or are they hindering the War on Terror?" An EU official said that the EU wanted to give away less data, while the US wanted more.

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Re:Dominate. Intimidate. Control.

[stinerman]

If I may quote the The Declaration of Independence:
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;

It is a little known fact that the first draft went like this:

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ... and will never be changed so long as the American Idol competition is the lead story on the local news

Look up "FUD".

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

When the police can stop you and demand identification at any time, you have lost your Freedom. The police now have control over you.

Bullshit. You lose some privacy, and that's it. Anything else is complete FUD.

But hey. That's what you get when you confuse symptoms with problems.