Posted on 11/04/2013 1:09:40 PM PST by Olog-hai
EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding has said the Union should create its own intelligence service by 2020.
Speaking on Monday (4 November) to Greek daily Naftemporiki on the US snooping scandal, she said: “What we need is to strengthen Europe in this field, so we can level the playing field with our US partners.”
She added: “I would therefore wish to use this occasion to negotiate an agreement on stronger secret service co-operation among the EU member states—so that we can speak with a strong common voice to the US. The NSA needs a counterweight. My long-term proposal would therefore be to set up a European Intelligence Service by 2020.”
Revelations by US leaker Edward Snowden say America’s National Security Agency (NSA) intercepts millions of Europeans’ emails and phone calls. …
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Europe has had a lot of experience conducting surveillance.
They could even call it the Staatssicherheitsdienst, or Stasi for short.
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