U.S. looks to give Europeans access to courts in NSA privacy cases

In a speech in Athens, Holder said the administration will urge Congress to provide European Union citizens with the same rights as Americans in cases of “intentional or willful disclosures of protected information.” In return, European countries would share more information with the United States about suspected terrorism activity, especially the movement of European citizens in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.

“In a world of globalized crime and terrorism, we can protect our citizens only if we work together, including through sharing law enforcement information,” Holder said.