French Constitutional Council Strikes Down “Blank Check” Provision in the 2015 Intelligence Act Tréguer, Félix Author aut Text xx# 2016 Verfassungsblog 2016-10-26 eng
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 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. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Tréguer, Félix French Constitutional Council intelligence services surveillance 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/french-constitutional-council-strikes-down-blank-check-provision-in-the-2015-intelligence-act/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20161027-101951 161026 10.17176/20161027-101951 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)