Grete Faremo. No-one has been held legally responsible for the illegalities, however, the Storting voted to establish a law about right to look into the files. Even though the Innsynsutvalget, which is the authority which decides who shall be allowed to look into the material, proposed to make the law permanent, the time limit for applying for permissions to look into the files expired on 31 December 2002. Individuals who have suffered serious damage because of registration in violation with official guidelines or surveillance, have been able to apply for damages up to 100,000 NOK. Also in other countries the ways of the surveillance services have been subject of scrutiny, but outside of the former Soviet bloc few countries have taken this as far as Norway has. References Sources Lund-rapporten Fire år etter Lund-rapporten by Arne Jørgensen Sperrer du vegen, Anne Holt? by Erling Folkvord Rett, makt og overvåkning by Erik Oddvar Eriksen Mappeinnsyn til besvær by Ronald Bye Organisasjonen mot politisk overvåkning Antikommunisme - lecture notes by Torstein Hjellum Hysj! - editorial in Dag og Tid Cold War history of Norway Politics of Norway Intelligence operations Cold War documents Labour Party (Norway) Political scandals in Norway