Brussels, 30/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Thursday morning's meeting between US Attorney General John Ashcroft and his 25 European counterparts was, as predicted, very consensual (yesterday's EUROPE, p.14). It mainly provided an opportunity to display the political and media importance of transatlantic cooperation, many diplomats stressed. During the brief one-hour meeting, no-one raised the issue of European prisoners held in Guantanamo. Although data protection was evoked, it was mainly to...