Intelligence Act: a modified emergency procedure – France Info

Objective: to protect sources. In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, on the initiative of the government, the National Assembly amended the urgency procedure provided in the law on intelligence. The emergency procedure to set up a monitoring without notice of the National Control Commission (CNCTR). But MPs voted a nuance: the procedure will not apply to judges, lawyer, parliamentarians and journalists

For the Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, the goal is to “<. em> protect the professions that require the protection of the confidentiality of sources but also the secrecy of the investigation, the investigation and deliberation “. This change responds according to her “ to the questions on which the government had already given assurances in committee “.
In committee, members had planned a regime of

“absolute urgency “which allowed to initiate surveillance without the opinion of the CNCTR and Prime Minister (consulted afterwards) and an” operational emergency “due to imminent risk. “ This emergency plan creates confusion ,” according to the amendment Tuesday defended by the Minister of Interior. “ The Government considers that only the operational urgency must allow a department head to allow direct measurement of surveillance, without recourse to the opinion of the CNCTR, or authorization of the Prime Minister . “