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Crossing: the flaw 21 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
This evening the GCSB Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament, 61-59, despite a desperate last-minute campaign to persuade selected government MPs to cross the floor and vote against the...
Crying wolf on terrorism for political gain. 20 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
The merit of a proposition can be judged by the strength of the argument in support or defense of it. In the case of the proposed changes to the GCSB and TICS Acts, the government’s argument has basic...
Three perspectives on the spy bills. 18 Aug 2013 | 07:37 am
Selwyn Manning has done a Q&A with three individuals who have different and at times conflicting views of the GCSB and TICS Bills, although all three are critically opposed to the bills in their prese...
Note to John Key: Zaoui was innocent. 9 Aug 2013 | 07:14 am
Once John Key realized that his efforts to expand state spying powers were not meeting with the usual docile approval on the part of the public, he retreated to his usual habit of spinning alarmist ta...
Long and short of the NZDF spying scandal. 30 Jul 2013 | 09:09 am
Accusations that the NZDF may have been spying on journalist Jon Stephenson during or after he was in Afghanistan researching what turned into a series of very critical stories about the actuality of ...
The political logic behind National’s proposed GCSB reforms. 25 Jul 2013 | 08:58 am
This week there will be meetings and protests nation-wide against the National government bills amending the 2003 GCSB and 2004 TICS Acts. Although the protests have garnered broad support across the ...
Managing Expectations. 16 Jul 2013 | 08:08 am
A while back I wrote a series of posts on deconstructing democracy in which I noted that this form of rule ultimately rests on the consent of the majority, and that consent is not given once, forever,...
Better to pause than rush. 2 Jul 2013 | 09:20 am
The Parliamentary Select Committee hearings on the Bills to amend the 2003 GCSB Act and 2004 Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act have begun this week. There is much interest ...
Withdrawal from Echelon: a realistic watershed moment in intelligence reform or Left political posturing? 20 Jun 2013 | 08:34 am
In light of the attention brought to matters of intelligence collection and analysis in recent months, it is entirely reasonable for the Greens and Labour to demand a fill inquiry into the organizatio...
What should I think about Dunne? 9 Jun 2013 | 12:23 pm
The thing that has struck me about the current Dunne based fuss is the number of times I end up saying “I just don’t know what I should think …” 1) Should Dunne have released the email content he rece...
