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Exchanges of security-related data with the European Union will continue at or near their current rate after the United Kingdom leaves the bloc next year, a government minister said Tuesday. Home Office Minister Nick Hurd told a panel of lawmakers that informal discussions with EU member states indicate that a “bold, overarching security treaty” is increasingly likely, allowing the U.K. National Crime Agency and Europol, the EU law enforcement agency, to maintain their current levels of cooperation after Brexit. “Both from the [European] Council in terms of their stated openness, and [individual] member states, there’s a lot of goodwill,” Hurd...