Will EU citizens visiting the United States now be forced to accept government snooping into their sex lives as part of the bargain?
According to an article that appeared yesterday Sept. 6 in the Amsterdam daily Het Parool, the new anti-terrorism treaty between the United States and the European Union requires EU countries to inform US authorities of the sexual preference of airline passengers flying to America.
"Why should the Americans be collecting data about people's sex lives in the name of combating terrorism?" asks Frank Van Dalen, chairman of the Dutch homophile rights organization COC. "Basic civil rights are being trampled on here." COC is urging the Tweede Kamer (the Dutch lower house of parliament) to reject the treaty.
Further information from the article (which is in Dutch) is provided in English below the fold.