Text of US letter from Bush with demands for EU for cooperation - a sweeping agenda covering unregulated and unaccountable powers affecting criminal investigations, suspects' rights, the retention of telecommunications data, border controls and asylum policies
Majority of EU governments want a wide definition of "terrorism", one that could include protests
Council of European Union maintains wider definition of "terrorism"
Immigration lawyers group (ILPA) report criticises UK anti-terrorism Bill
UK Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill would give the executive unprecedented powers to bring in EU measures on policing and sentencing without any parliamentary debate or amendments
Statewatch bulletin, vol 11 no 1, Jan-Feb 2001
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