EU: Passenger data exchange deal with USA under legal threat

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice proposes the annulment of the EU-US deal under which airline passenger data has been handed over to US authorities since May 2004. The European Parliament has challenged the deal as violating EU rules on data...

USA: Senate rejects extension of Patriot Act

While the House of Representatives voted on 14 December to renew provisions of the Patriot Act, the Senate, expressing concerns about broad surveillance of Americans, rejected the extension of this post 11-September anti-terrorism legislation. This comes following the...

USA: Padilla charged after three-year detention in military custody

On 22 November, José Padilla, a US citizen held without charge as an “enemy combatant” by the military since 2002, was indicted on terrorism charges. The indictment comes after Padilla’s appeal to the Supreme Court of an earlier decision by a Court of Appeals in...
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