Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: Illegal Tender, in reply to Russell Brown,
I laughed at Senior Sargent Tim Anderson -
Whenever I see a cop on tv
it strikes me that something is wrong
the the words that they speak could almost be Greek
And I wonder... "what is he on?" -
Hard News: Friday Music: Walking Distance, in reply to Russell Brown,
Meanwhile, I found security at Vector a bit stressy
I too have had a gutsful of Vector security and I am not alone.
I was refused entry to the "Arena" with a beer I had bought from the bar, can't remember who was playing, Weller I think. They made me go back to the bar to drink it,
there I had the misfortune to be accosted by a very drunk punter who proudly told me that he had been thrown out once but got back in by buying another ticket,
Another time an acquaintance regaled me with a delightful story of slipping up and into a puddle of vomit in one of the entry lobbies, then being told to "Watch it" by security. Security? pah!. -
Hard News: Thatcher, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
…as a mark of proper respect I see NZ is sending our most apt politician to see her interred…
I would expect to see the entire National Govt. inturd, Very soon.
Oh, interred. -
handbag techno
Damn, another genre I hadn't heard of.
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Hard News: Key Questions, in reply to Matthew Poole,
What matters is how it gets interpreted in practice,
Indeed. It seems that the interpretation is somewhat misused when it suits them.
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Hard News: Thatcher, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Oh puh-leeze
Blinded by the Right?
Cut loose like a douche, another runner in the night .To paraphrase Springsteen.
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Hard News: Key Questions, in reply to Matthew Poole,
See the Act if you want to know the GCSB’s objective and functions. They’re not what you seem to think.
I read it differently to you and it seems plain enough that they are to
(provide) advice, assistance, and protection to departments of State and other instruments of the Executive Government of New Zealand in order to—
(i)
protect and enhance the security of their communications, information systems, and computer systems;
Also;
to co-operate with, or to provide advice and assistance to, any public authority or other entity, in New Zealand or abroad,—
(i)
on the protection of information that the public authority or other entity produces, sends, receives, or holds in any medium; or
(ii)
on any matter that is relevant—
(A)
to the functions of the public authority or other entity; and
(B)
to any purpose specified in subsection (2).
(2)
The Bureau may perform its functions only for the following purposes:
(a)
to pursue its objective:
(b)
to protect the safety of any person:
(c)
in support of the prevention or detection of serious crime.
(3)
The performance of the Bureau’s functions is subject to the control of the Minister.
That "to pursue its objective:" bit is very loose, like saying "and they can do whatever they want.
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Hard News: Key Questions, in reply to Matthew Poole,
It isn’t responsible for the security of any of the systems you just listed.
Why not? That is just stupid, what the hell are they for then?.
"Government Communications Security Bureau, We are here to do nothing of the sort" -
I have never again experienced the bleak, pervasive sense of alienation she fostered in government. And I would not wish to.
Just look around you, what do you see?.
Perhaps you have been sucked in like so many others, you are even starting to sound like a National shill.Blame must also accrue to the British Labour movement,
Sound familiar?.
"It wasn't us, it was Nine Long Years Labour™" -
As Ian Fletcher said,
The GCSB is, as the name says, The Government Communications Security Bureau.
As such it is responsible for the security of the Governments networks. So, how well have they done?
MSD's leaky servers.
Hacking at the DOJ.
Leaks from the EQC.
and who knows what else has been left insecure while they spy on their own people?.Also...
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said Section 14 of the 2003 act, which prevented the bureau spying on New Zealanders, was only included in the legislation by then Prime Minister Helen Clark "to get the votes in the House".
Um. We call that democracy. Bill English was one of those that wanted an amendment that would protect our citizens from foreign threats and not allow the sort of thing that happened to Kim Dotcom.