Brussels backs move on telecoms data

At an Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 13 July 2005 UK Justice Ministers agreed in principle to adopting data retention legislation which the UK believes is vital to the fight against terrorism.

BBC News, 14.7.05: EU agrees new security measures http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4677241.stm

Council of the European Union: Press Release No.187, 2005: Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 13 July 2005 http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/jha/85703.pdf

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