http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/04/uk-wants-authority-serve-warrants-us/79851282/
The negotiations were first reported Thursday by the Washington Post.
Under
the proposed plan, British authorities would not have access to records
of U.S. citizens if they emerged in the British investigations.
Congressional approval would be required of any deal negotiated by the two countries.
One
of the U.S. officials said the talks were necessary because of the
increasing immediacy of developing criminal enterprises and potential
terror plots that are playing out on various communications platforms
around the globe.
The official said the talks have sought to
preserve privacy protections that have been at the center of the recent
U.S. debate over access to Americans' telephone records that were part
of a formerly secret program disclosed by former National Security
Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
"These communications are
happening with the speed of light, and law enforcement agencies need to
keep pace with these communications,'' the official said.
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