Spain signs permanent anti-terrorist protocol with USThe agreement establishes secure procedures for exchanging terrorist information between the two countries
The governments of Spain and the United States have signed a protocol agreement to exchange information on those suspected of links with terrorist organisations and organised crime.
The signatories were the Secretary of State for Security, Antonio Camacho, and the US Ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Aguirre.
The agreement establishes a permanent cooperation between Spain’s National Anti-Terrorism Coordination Centre, the CNCA, and the United States Terrorist Screening Centre, the TSC.
While the contents of the protocol are to remain classified, the EFE news agency reports that it comes within the framework of the collaboration agreement on terrorism in place between the two countries, and includes a series of procedures for information exchange on detecting terrorists.
It establishes points of contact between the two agencies, and secure means of exchanging intelligence information.
The agreement follows meetings Camacho had with the FBI Director and the US Attorney General on a trip the Secretary of State made to Washington and New York a year ago.
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