Brussels, 06/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Ludowijk Briet, Director in the European Commission's DG for external relations, explained himself in public before the European Parliament's temporary Echelon Committee on the Desmond Perkins affair (see EUROPE of 2 March).. He assumed responsibility for the statements Mr. Perkins had made before this same Committee. He qualified as "absurd press allegations that claim that the Commission approves access to its encryption services". While rejecting the...