Secret EU-US agreement on criminal cooperation being negotiated (PDF) Leaked text of EU documents related to a 'secret agreement on criminal matters, investigative procedures and joint teams being negotiated' between EU and US officials 'without the European or national parliaments being consulted' - 'In the negotiations with the US the EU governments appear to be willing to drop or modify (in a negative way) a number of basic rights and protections built into EU law and protected by the European Convention on Human Rights' ( Statewatch ) See also this press release with links to supporting documents, and this Guardian coverage Privacy and Human Rights 2002 (PDF) Annual international survey of privacy laws and developments, this edition examining the effects of 'anti-terror' measures introduced or proposed since 11 September ( Privacy International ) See also the accompanying Country Reports: Argentina to Lithuania (PDF) and Country Reports: Luxenbourg to United States (PDF), this press release, and this CNET coverage LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm John Gray: Forget everything you know Long, erudite profile of philosopher John Gray, Professor of European Thought at the LSE ( Will Self via Independent ) See also this article by Gray from February 2001, this article by Gray from July 2001, and this article by Gray from April 2000, all of which emphasise a preference for 'realism' over 'unreality'