The Ongoing March of the EU's Security-Industrial Complex
"The EU has hit troubled waters in recent years, but
divisions and tensions within the bloc have not halted significant advances in
the development and implementation of new security measures aiming to counter
terrorism, fight crime, ensure 'border management' and protect critical
infrastructure at the same time as constructing a European 'homeland security'
economy able to compete with states such as the USA, Israel and China.
Propelled by a healthy dose of corporate influence and
assistance, measures already in place or on the way include the EU-wide border
surveillance system Eurosur; a new network of ‘Passenger Information Units’ for
police profiling of air and, in the future, rail and ferry passengers;
biometric databases and recognition and identification systems for public and
private use alike; and new data-mining and predictive analysis tools that
foresee police forces wielding powers akin to those traditionally reserved for
intelligence agencies."
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