Information that the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have gotten the NSA may legally be used, even if this information in an unlawful manner is collected, for example, the State in a lawsuit that was brought by a group of citizens and organizations.
The State, in which minister Plasterk of the Interior formally summoned, would be located in the trial have defended the position that intelligence does indeed keep the law if they use information from the NSA, even if it is in an unlawful manner is collected. It observes the State that the exchange of information is done on the basis of confidence’ in the NSA and the ‘close working relationship’ on the basis of article 59 of the Law on the intelligence and security services is legal. The Dutch intelligence services will therefore also in future NSA-data continue to use.
According to the prosecutors, it means this position that data held by the NSA in violation with the Dutch law have been obtained yet in the hands of the Dutch intelligence services. They report further that minister Plasterk the spying and interception activities of the NSA earlier in the media, in violation with the Dutch law has called and this has also been convicted.
The prosecutors report that the publication of minister Plasterk, the data of 1.8 million telephone calls by the NSA collected, but by the Netherlands itself have been collected and shared with the NSA, had no consequences for the trial. However, the group that they are already a small victory has made as minister Hennis-Plasschaert on Wednesday declared that this is news to the outside is brought in connection with this lawsuit.
The lawsuit against minister Plasterk is started by the Dutch Association of Journalists, trade association, Internet Society Netherlands, the Dutch Association of Defence counsel and Privacy First, but also by Xs4all-founder and WikiLeaks activist Rop Gonggrijp, a journalist Brenno de Winter and researcher Matthieu Paapst.