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EU-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: EU-US counter-terrorism pacts at risk over snooping affair

05 July 2013

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"The European Commission has said two major data sharing agreements with the US are at risk due to tensions over US snooping operations in Europe.
Both the EU-US passenger name record (PNR) and the terrorist financial tracking programme (TFTP) agreements are currently up for annual review."

See full report: EU-US counter-terrorism pacts at risk over snooping affair (euobserver, link)

and see the article: Snowden Claims: NSA Ties Put German Intelligence in Tight Spot (Spiegel Online, link)

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