Die Arbeit untersucht die Regulierung der auslandsnachrichtendienstlichen strategischen Fernmeldeaufklärung und deren Kontrolle in Deutschland, Frankreich und den USA. Der Grund- und Menschenrechtsschutz insbesondere von Ausländern wird in den dortigen Überwachungsgesetzen vermehrt ausgeblendet, viele Normen erweisen sich als unbestimmt und zu weitgehend. Die korrelierende Kontrolle der Dienste zeigt in allen Vergleichsstaaten erhebliche Defizite auf. Die Arbeit schließt mit umfassenden Reformvorschlägen.

»Matrix of a New Generation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Activity. A Comparative Study of Extraterritorial and Transnational Protection of Fundamental and Human Rights as well as Democratic Control of Foreign Intelligence Strategic Surveillance«: Friends just don't spy on each other? This research thesis identifies the opposite: Mass spying even among friends is not only common practice of foreign intelligence services, but is also carried out mainly without any legal restrictions, especially vis-à-vis foreign countries and foreigners. Thus, the focus of the thesis lies within the examination of the foreign intelligence surveillance laws as well as the institutional control in three of the biggest surveillance states: Germany, France and the US. In the wake of the Snowden revelations, these states have amended their surveillance laws. The protection of fundamental and human rights especially of foreigners is largely ignored, many norms prove to be vague and far too extensive. To make matters worse, the accompanying control of foreign intelligence services reveals considerable deficits in all comparative states. The work concludes with a proposal for a comprehensive reform in that area.

Autorentext
Maik Knaust studied law at the Georg August University of Göttingen. During his studies and after graduating, he worked for several years at the Institute of International and European Law for Prof. Dr. Anja Seibert-Fohr, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, and Prof. Dr. Andreas L. Paulus, Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (ret.). As part of his doctoral project, he was a speaker at an expert discussion of a parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. Following his legal clerkship, which included stages in Lüneburg, Hamburg and Brussels, he worked as a lawyer in Lüneburg. He is working since 2022 for the ministerial administrative service of the State of Lower Saxony.

Inhalt
A. Einleitung B. Einführendes Kapitel C. Transnationaler und extraterritorialer Grundrechtsschutz bei auslandsnachrichtendienstlicher Überwachung D. Nachrichtendienstliche Kontrollmechanismen Asymmetrische Tendenzen zwischen Kontrolleuren und Kontrollobjekten E. Matrix Neun Punkte zur Verbesserung auslandsnachrichtendienstlicher Tätigkeit und Kontrolle F. Fazit Literatur- und Stichwortverzeichnis