Eurotrashing our rights.Grey ooze.

[Matthew X]

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'