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"Mr President, it was entirely predictable that whatever the findings of this report, it would call for increased powers to be taken by the European Union and, indeed, we were not disappointed. It states that the rules of cooperation between national security services should be established at EU level, that effective parliamentary scrutiny of national intelligence services should be at European level and that the Commission should immediately legislate to harmonise laws on the surveillance of non-commercial civil aviation. There never seems to be an ill wind that cannot blow the European Union some good.
The report and the minority opinion expressed agree that some illegal detentions and transportations may have taken place. However, it is unlikely that the real truth will ever be known. I have no time whatsoever for illegal detentions and transportations of citizens or of non-EU citizens. The existing legal means are draconian enough.
In this morning’s
the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, said that Britain’s extradition arrangements with the USA were a constitutional disgrace. Surprisingly for a lawyer, he does not seem to know that very similar arrangements exist with the European Union. Britain’s extradition arrangements under the European Arrest Warrant and under the similar and non-reciprocal arrangement with the USA amount to little better than the judicial kidnap of British citizens."@en1
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