Germans to Bush: Halten Sie Snoopin
August 26th, 2006 | by Omnipotent Poobah |While the jury is still out on the Bush administration’s financial records spying in the US, the German state of Schlewsig-Holstein says the snooping violates German and European data protection laws.
The German position sees the transfer of financial information to US data centers has no legal basis and the hand-over to US authorities is also illegal because of the lack of data protection safeguards in the US.
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7 Responses to “Germans to Bush: Halten Sie Snoopin”
By windspike on Aug 26, 2006 | Reply
Caprecious law breaking by the W, Rove And Co., and they claim to be leaders of a “moral” america? Humph.
By Upinsmoke on Aug 26, 2006 | Reply
Then Germany needs to tell its terrorists to stop calling the USA.
By windspike on Aug 26, 2006 | Reply
Hey Upin - last i checked the telephone works in two directions.
By Upinsmoke on Aug 26, 2006 | Reply
But we want them to call their terrorist buddies so we can nab them and prevent them from killing anymore grandmas flying to see her grandchildren.
By Omnipotent Poobah on Aug 26, 2006 | Reply
Upin,
Um, I think you’ve confused your snooping scandals. This post is about the financial records spying. The telephone tapping scandal is a different one, although I can see how they’re easy to confuse. Lot’s of that going around these days.
By Upinsmoke on Aug 27, 2006 | Reply
Right we want them to call their terr’ist cousin and tell them to stop using their credit cards.
By Dusty on Aug 27, 2006 | Reply
This whole European law thing could get nasty for da Shrub perhaps?