US Reneges On SWIFT Agreement 394
Windrip writes "It seems the US is not living up to its end of the bargain when it comes to the SWIFT data agreement. When the agreement was signed last year, every EU citizen was guaranteed the right to know if the American authorities had retrieved their banking information, and which authorities had requested the information. Now one European Parliamentarian, Alexander Alvaro says that, once again, the Americans are not honoring their treaties."
I'm an American... (Score:5, Informative)
...and I don't agree with the stance my government is taking. Just in case all the non-US slashdotters go on about how X, Y, and Z America is. It's not all of us, scouts honor =)
Re:I'm an American... (Score:2, Informative)
funny story about ayn rand, towards the end of her life she got government help for medical reasons under a pseudonym. She couldn't live up to her own "values". America is full of hypocrites of one color or another. The more stringent the values that they espouse they more they seem to ignore them. Truth is a little bit of tolerance could go a long way.