nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20161027-101951 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 161026s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20161027-101951 doi eng 342 23 Tréguer, Félix Author aut French Constitutional Council Strikes Down “Blank Check” Provision in the 2015 Intelligence Act Tréguer, Félix Verfassungsblog 2016-10-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Can intelligence agencies and their practice of secret state surveillance be reconciled with the rule of law? Is the unprecedented global debate on surveillance opened by the Snowden disclosures in 2013 bringing intelligence work closer to democratic standards? Last week, the French Constitutional Council indirectly dealt with these pressing questions by striking down a blank-check provision in the 2015 Intelligence Act, excluding “measures taken by public authorities to ensure, for the sole purpose of defending national interests, the surveillance and the control of Hertzian transmissions" from safeguards like the authorisation of the Prime Minister and the ex-ante opinion of an oversight commission. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 French Constitutional Council intelligence services surveillance Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/french-constitutional-council-strikes-down-blank-check-provision-in-the-2015-intelligence-act/ raw object