(2)
A strategic surveillance measure shall restrict the objective of the strategic foreign
telecommunications surveillance by specifying:
1.
the purpose of the surveillance;
2.
the topic of the surveillance;
3.
the geographical focus; and
4.
the duration.
(3)
Strategic surveillance measures under paragraph (1), subparagraph 1, shall be
permissible only if they serve to obtain information from abroad which is of foreign and
security policy significance for the Federal Republic of Germany and for the surveillance of
which the Federal Chancellery has issued an order to the Federal Intelligence Service.
(4)
Strategic surveillance measures under paragraph (1), subparagraph 2, shall be
permissible only if they serve to obtain information from abroad which is of foreign and
security policy significance for the Federal Republic of Germany and for the surveillance of
which the Federal Chancellery has issued an order to the Federal Intelligence Service, and
there is actual evidence to suggest that information can be obtained:
1.
2.
with reference to the following sources of threats
(a)
national or alliance defence and missions carried out by the Bundeswehr (Federal
Armed Forces) or allied armed forces abroad;
(b)
crisis-related developments abroad and their implications;
(c)
acts of terrorism or extremism whose perpetrators are prepared to use violence or
are focused on the deliberately concealed imposition of political, religious or
ideological views, or support thereof;
(d)
international criminal, terrorist or state-sponsored attacks by means of malware
on the confidentiality, integrity or availability of IT systems;
(e)
organised crime;
(f)
international proliferation of weapons of war within the meaning of the War
Weapons Control Act and highly significant cases of unlawful foreign trade in
goods and technical support services;
(g)
critical infrastructure protection; or
(h)
hybrid threats;
relating to protection of the following legally protected interests:
(a)
the life, limb or freedom of a person;
(b)
continued existence or security of the Federal Government or a Land;