Finnish intelligence
Finland needs new legislation to cover intelligence
gathering activities, according to a working group report delivered to Defence
Minister Carl Haglund on Wednesday. The Transport & Communications Ministry
is opposed to large-scale surveillance of online communications, but there’s no
dissent from the proposal to give Finnish authorities a mandate for
intelligence-gathering outside Finland.
Finnish spies could be sent abroad to gather intelligence under new
proposals presented to Defence Minister Carl Haglund on Wednesday—but proposals
to eavesdrop on online communications still face opposition.
The working group was set up to consider
a new law governing Finnish intelligence gathering. It is recommending
legislative oversight of Finnish intelligence on a judicial and parliamentary
basis, while expanding the scope of intelligence operations.
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