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BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- The United States and Germany have signed a deal allowing the two nations to share data on suspected terrorists, officials said.
The pact, which must still be approved by German lawmakers, would allow the two allies to trade information on such things suspects' ethnic origin, religious beliefs, union membership and even their sex lives, Der Spiegel reported Sunday.
The proposed bilateral agreement has drawn criticism from union leaders in Germany.
The head of Germany's Confederation of German Trade Unions, Michael Sommer, called the agreement "the height of impertinence that the government can pass on information about the union membership of German citizens to the (United States)."
Under the agreement signed March 11, Germany and the United States will share personal data, fingerprints and DNA samples of people suspected of terrorism or other serious criminal activity.
"We are fighting a networked international enemy and therefore we have to respond with a global network of our own," said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff.
German President Horst Kohler and both houses of the German parliament would have to approve the agreement before it can be enacted into law.
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