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Kirkhope: civil liberties objections are 'bogus' (Photo: shugfy)

US scores victory on EU air passenger screening

Earlier this week on Tuesday (27 March), MEPs in the civil liberties committee voted to recommend the European Parliament endorse the controversial passenger-screening (PNR) treaty in plenary in Strasbourg on 20 April.

For the US, and now for most members of the civil liberties committee, PNR is a vital tool in the fight against terrorism and international crime.

A provisional agreement with the US exists since 2007, 'temporarily' legalising an information transfer required by th...

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