British secret service gave AIVD advice about circumventing laws against eavesdropping

The British secret service GCHQ would the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD opinions have given their afluistermogelijkheden for internet traffic can increase. Also gave GCHQ legal advice on how the legal barri lwa res circumvented could be.

Reports that The Guardian based on information from whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an article in which the close ties between the British secret service GCHQ and its European sister organisations are described, it is to read that GCHQ also have good contacts with the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD. They describe both the intelligence services as ‘small compared to Uk standards, but is technically competent and very motivated’.

The article reports further that the AIVD in 2008, an internal report had concluded how they would be better able to respond to the opportunities for gathering information through the internet drain. The GCHQ would them input and advice.

The British secret service, observes that the Dutch intelligence services, some of the legal hurdles would have to overcome until they are within the jurdische frameworks may operate on the level of GCHQ. The British would the AIVD’s legal opinions have given the GCHQ at the time, these bumps can take.

With the new revelations, it seems that the AIVD in any case, has made efforts to fiberverbindingen to be able to studs. Political party SP asked some time ago to the responsible minister or the AIVD internet hub AMS-IX aftapte, but it showed no clear answer. Or the AIVD and the MIVD, to participate or participated in it since 2008 running Tempora program, is not known. It is known that the AIVD and the MIVD in the framework of the ‘project Symbolon’, since 2012, closely cooperate with each other in the gathering of signal intelligence through internet traffic.

The collaboration with the Dutch secret services is not unique. GCHQ would be with the various European intelligence agencies work closely together. So it would in 2008, his admiration expressed about the interceptiemogelijkheden of the German intelligence service BND. They would then all data traffic with speeds of 40 to 100Gbit/s to analyze, speeds that the British afluisterdienst still couldn’t do it. Furthermore, GCHQ, together with, among others, Sweden, France and Spain. With the Italian AISE would be the relationships a lot stiffer are expired.