Of course the EU has no interest in the US gaining access to EU banking data. There is no way in Hell they would willingly give up this info.
The US intelligence community probably is saying they are only looking for information for anti-terrorist data. The EU isn't refusing the providing individual pieces on information. They just don't want to submit to US supremacy. They don't even need to.
However, information leads to power. Power leads to control. The EU is not looking to give the US that kind of control.
In the "conspiracy theory" direction, the EU has several "families" that are collectively owed trillions in debt, owed by the people, collectively, of the US. Also, these families do not want any information (money trails), leading back to them, in any regards to their use of power and control in their day to day (behind the scenes) puppet mastering.
They have every right to do as they wish. they have every right to hand their cash away to the sellers of today's pet rock. I think of it as mindless but hey, what ever.:)
Sadly enough, most people are just too lazy to think. they would rather hand over their hard earned cash and waste time than pursue excellence or meaning in life. They truly are just cattle and they have a herd mentally. Frankly, most people are just waiting to die, not having any meaning in their lives other than to suffer and be a means of exploit for others. Why do they not snap out of it? 6000 years of history says they ain't going to. 6000 years of history tells them they can win, they can't break even and they can't even get out of the game. (theromdynamic principle applied to life)
Facebook is a tool specifically geared to produce profit and be a platform for allowing others to profit. Social interaction and networking are but secondary interests at best. Yes it is free to use, free to join but in the end, it is all to get ads in front of you and get you to spend money. One can profit so many different ways. Serious (business, organizational) networking is but one way one can profit. Data Mining is probably one of the biggest sources of profit and potential profit. Project Gaydar is an example of just one data mining project and a bit on the scary/dark side of things.
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Of course the EU has no interest in the US gaining access to EU banking data. There is no way in Hell they would willingly give up this info. The US intelligence community probably is saying they are only looking for information for anti-terrorist data. The EU isn't refusing the providing individual pieces on information. They just don't want to submit to US supremacy. They don't even need to. However, information leads to power. Power leads to control. The EU is not looking to give the US that kind of control. In the "conspiracy theory" direction, the EU has several "families" that are collectively owed trillions in debt, owed by the people, collectively, of the US. Also, these families do not want any information (money trails), leading back to them, in any regards to their use of power and control in their day to day (behind the scenes) puppet mastering.
They have every right to do as they wish. they have every right to hand their cash away to the sellers of today's pet rock. I think of it as mindless but hey, what ever. :)
er... can't win (sorry)
Sadly enough, most people are just too lazy to think. they would rather hand over their hard earned cash and waste time than pursue excellence or meaning in life. They truly are just cattle and they have a herd mentally. Frankly, most people are just waiting to die, not having any meaning in their lives other than to suffer and be a means of exploit for others. Why do they not snap out of it? 6000 years of history says they ain't going to. 6000 years of history tells them they can win, they can't break even and they can't even get out of the game. (theromdynamic principle applied to life)
Facebook is a tool specifically geared to produce profit and be a platform for allowing others to profit. Social interaction and networking are but secondary interests at best. Yes it is free to use, free to join but in the end, it is all to get ads in front of you and get you to spend money. One can profit so many different ways. Serious (business, organizational) networking is but one way one can profit. Data Mining is probably one of the biggest sources of profit and potential profit. Project Gaydar is an example of just one data mining project and a bit on the scary/dark side of things.