EU and US agree to boost airport security
23.01.10
The European Union and the United States have agreed to increase screening of airport passengers, onboard security and data sharing, US officials announced yesterday. The officials, 'recognising their ‘shared responsibility for preventing terrorist attacks on civilian flights', agreed to develop concrete proposals by April, EUobserver.com reports.
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said US-EU cooperation must be stronger in data collection, analysis and sharing, and officials must work to improve aviation standards and deployment of better screening technology. The discussions follow the failed attack last month on a US-bound flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
The European Commission is to speed up its evaluation of a Europe-wide rollout of full-body scanners, which some member nations said raises privacy concerns. Ms Napolitano said use of full-body scanners would not be a deciding factor in discussions on improved airport security, although the U.S. officials consider them helpful.
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