This begs the question if UK/EU got a copy of all the US citizens ' fingerprints in return.
It is possible to commit treason against your own country. Can someone commit treason against the EU? Is it a criminal offense?
It is possible to commit treason against your own country. Can someone commit treason against the EU? Is it a criminal offense?
The allegation is not that the UK authorities made a copy and gave it directly to the US authorities.
The allegation is that the UK authorities made copies for its own and its contractors use. These contractors include US companies- IBM is one example.
It really sounds like poor regard for security measures / lack of ownership and enforcement in the UK rather than anything malicious.
It is also noted that several other member states have similar issues.
It should also be noted - certain US authorities probably have or can get copies from various non-uk states and the UK. But that isn't what this incident is about.
The UK understand exactly how to do Passport security if they did it in a insecure way it was with malicious intent that gives them "plausible" deniability.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/death-penalty-...
They very much pick and choose to which treaties they wish to agree, and retain sovereignty. There are more things than treaties that define a nation - the people, culture, history, etc. Or to grab the definition off google, "a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory." The EU does not really share those, to the extent of a proper nation.
The only government that has my fingerprint is the US, despite being an Irishman.
The Netherlands planned to create a centralized store but it seems to face public opposition.
The only way I could see a US passport containing fingerprint data is if you were naturalized, but even then, it would require USCIS/USCBP to actually share that data with the State Department.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_passport#Biometr...