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Jaap De Hoop Scheffer told a breakfast meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that the European way of thinking had not caught up with the American perspective that crystallized after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
"In Europe, we still have complicated discussions, be it in the European Union or be it national discussions, of how far governments could go in the relationship with their citizens in the fight against terrorism," he said. "I think Europe should catch up here, not the United States."
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