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Has the policy of the Obama administration or the EU’s enhanced capacity to act following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty given fresh impetus to the transatlantic community of values? Or do the differences stemming from the years of the Bush administration still remain? What are the implications of the transatlantic rift for future cooperation between the EU and the United States? The broad differences of opinion on important issues such as data protection, terrorist lists, military prisons and extraordinary renditions can be explained by the divergent perceptions in the EU and the United States of the relationship between security and the rule of law.