Bolster US-Europe Efforts Against Terror? Not So Easy. By Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
… As in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of so many foreign nationals in addition to Americans, the Brussels attacks – like last year’s Paris attacks – are a reminder that the continents have a shared concern in securing the safety of their citizens. Belgian officials have confirmed, for example, that four of the 35 victims of the Brussels attacks were Americans.
Yet deepening intelligence and counterterrorism links across the Atlantic isn’t an easy thing, say experts on these issues. For one thing, European nations have their plates full to improve their own internal collaboration among policing agencies. Other forces that could have a chilling effect are deeper questions of trust: a divide between the two continents on the issue of data sharing and privacy, and uncertainty in Europe about what kind of leader will emerge from the coming US presidential election…