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US To Get EU Private Citizen Data

An anonymous reader writes "In a case of 'all your data are belong to us,' the US government is close to coming to an agreement with the EU that allows it to get private citizen data on EU citizens to 'look for suspicious activity.' So, now we know what step three is: set up a security agency in the US to resell otherwise unavailable data."

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  1. So this means ... by tuxgeek · · Score: 2, Funny
    the US wants to become the global police?

    This could be made into a great cartoon, no wait ...

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  2. Re:How bad is this? by oldhack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where you visiting? Gitmo?

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  3. Ha-ha by codeshack · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I speak for all US-EU dual citizens when I say that this is awesome. Because now I probably only have to pay to be spied on by *one* of my governments. Hellooooo tax rebate!

  4. Re:on behalf of Europe by WoollyMittens · · Score: 2, Funny

    Leaders maybe... But we sure as hell didn't get to vote for any of the European Parliament. They're not democratically elected.

  5. LIAR! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a lie, I read it in the paper. Ireland may have said no, but we can't know for sure that's what they REALLY meant. Obviously we need a new vote to see what people really think, and if it turns out to be a no again we should try again. For the sake of democracy. Until we get a yes. Then we can stop with the votes because then the people have decided! Long live our democracies!

  6. Re:on behalf of Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fuck you European citizens

    Signed, European overlords

  7. Too late... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > fuck you America

    We're already screwed, man. Already screwed. :-(