German Constitutional Court to hold hearing on surveillance powers of the “German NSA”, the BND
The Federal Constitutional Court will hold a hearing on the BND Act on January 14th and 15th, 2020.
Plaintiffs expect a fundamental ruling defining the limits of intelligence gathering abroad. An alliance of six media organisations and the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) had filed a constitutional complaint against the BND Act, which gives broad surveillance powers to the Federal Intelligence Service (BND).
