Trolling for an American-European flame war? (Score 1)

I don't know where the original poster is living, but I cannot think of anybody who can righteously smugly say it privacy is not in danger in his own country. If this is a troll for a US-EU flame war on who is the least Big Brother nanny state, it has certainly succeeded with me1 1) This move by the European Parliament is mainly caused by the proliferance of terrorism, which may not be caused by, but certainly has been amplified by the US American arrogance towards the rest of the world. 2) The difference between the US and the EU may be, that in Europe we have laws about eavesdropping. In the US they just do it! There were US agencies lobbying for introducing back doors into encryption chips. The Echelon network is eavesdropping on the whole world, without asking for permission. But off course, the American Constitution only talks about freedom for American citizens, not the rest of the world, so it's perfectly legal to spy on the rest! 3) I'm quite sure, that whenever a US agency approaches an agency in certain EU countries, they will have no problem getting the information obtained legally under this EU law. Some dogs cannot stop wagging their tail at big brother US.