CENTRUM FÖR RÄTTVISA v. SWEDEN JUDGMENT
Then the information is analysed and reported to the authority that gave the
FRA the mission to collect the intelligence in question.
29. The process has been described by the respondent Government as
comprising six stages, as follows:
1. a choice is made of segments of the signals intelligence environment
that are most relevant;
2. selectors are applied automatically to signals in the chosen segments
in order to intercept and gradually reduce what is collected;
3. the data is further processed through automatic and manual means
using, among others, cryptoanalysis, structuring and language translation;
4. the processed information is analysed by an analyst in order to
identify intelligence within;
5. a report is written and disseminated to selected recipients of foreign
intelligence; and
6. feedback on the use and effects of the intelligence provided is
requested and shared with those involved in the process.
C. Authorisation of signals intelligence
30. For all signals intelligence, including the development activities, the
FRA must apply for a permit to the Foreign Intelligence Court
(Försvarsunderrättelsedomstolen). The application shall contain the mission
request that the FRA has received, with information on the relevant detailed
tasking directive and the need for the intelligence sought. Also, the
communications bearers to which the FRA requires access have to be
specified, along with the selectors or categories of selectors that will be
used. Finally, the application must state the duration for which the permit is
requested (section 4a).
31. A permit may only be granted if the mission is in accordance with
the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Act and the Signals Intelligence
Act, if the purpose of the interception of signals cannot be met in a less
interfering manner, if the mission can be expected to yield information
whose value is clearly greater than the possible interference with personal
integrity, if the selectors or categories of selectors are in accordance with
the Signals Intelligence Act and if the application does not concern solely a
specific natural person (section 5).
32. If granted, the permit shall specify the mission for which signals
intelligence may be conducted, the bearers to which the FRA will have
access, the selectors or categories of selectors that may be used, the duration
of the permit and other conditions necessary to limit the interference with
personal integrity (section 5a).
33. The FRA itself may decide to grant a permit, if the application for a
permit from the Foreign Intelligence Court might cause delay or other
inconveniences of essential importance for one of the specified purposes of