secrecy - they're watching you ...
WORKERS, JUNE 2003 ISSUE
Evidence published by Statewatch (www.statewatch.org/news) demonstrates how secret treaty negotiations are being advanced between the EU and USA over extradition, circumvention of data protection and civil liberties, joint EU-US surveillance through Europe, circumvention of the International Criminal Justice Court, use of US Special Courts (Military Tribunals) etc.
As well as the EU secret talks, separate and even more secret negotiations between the British and US governments are attempting to agree the provisions in advance, and so lock the rest of Europe into their strategy.
National parliaments, EU Parliament and other areas of public accountability are being bypassed.
The British government is accused of taking the lead in frustrating meaningful parliamentary scrutiny, public debate and transparency over this extension of US intervention across Europe.