Posts by nzlemming
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Just saw Russell ;-)
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to simon g,
That line is so glorious, it should be preserved and taught in logic classes.
Start with conclusion: it doesn’t happen. Therefore, the evidence that it does happen, is false. The conclusion is fixed, ergo, the rest must fit.
Yup, and, as Juha Saarinen has mentioned, these papers have nothing to do with Greenwald's and Snowden's allegations.
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Show has started.
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John Key has decided to front foot it after all
PM responds to incorrect surveillance claims
Prime Minister John Key tonight corrected misinformation that has been put in the public domain concerning the operations of the Government Communications Security Bureau.
“Claims have been made tonight that are simply wrong and that is because they are based on incomplete information,” Mr Key says.
“There is not, and never has been, a cable access surveillance programme operating in New Zealand.
“There is not, and never has been, mass surveillance of New Zealanders undertaken by the GCSB.
“Regarding XKEYSCORE, we don’t discuss the specific programmes the GCSB may, or may not use, but the GCSB does not collect mass metadata on New Zealanders, therefore it is clearly not contributing such data to anything or anyone,” Mr Key says.
See also Stuff article that, oddly enough, has no links…
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to BenWilson,
Curious about DPFs claim that the Southern Cross cable people claim that it’s not possible it could have been accessed.
And yet we know that other cables around the world are accessed. As I said somewhere else, I’d do it on land, at the head end, rather than at sea. And I’d intimidate Southern Cross into silence about it as well.
[edit] oh gods I read the comments. Rex Widerstrom is the most coherent.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to BenWilson,
As I recall, AT&T denied they were allowing the NSA to tap the internet as well.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to BenWilson,
OK, now it’s been 20 mins…I need a redose….might have to head to the town hall.
I would be if I was in Auckland. Watch out for stray Corkerys ;-)
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Damian Christie,
Just an idea – if you’re going to take my twitter pic, maybe include the original tweet and hashtag (#akshuallyfake) that I used when I wrote it – it’s now got a life of its own without people being aware of its intended fakeness.
Word.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Alfie,
Key on RNZ just now explaining why he ‘cancelled’ the NSA/GCSB Speargun operation.
Because everyone calls their protective systems after sharp pointy things meant to be used underwater to, y'know, spear things...
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Well here’s a thing. I don’t think I have ever seen a mainstream media piece that transcribes the PM’s exact speech pattern:
Speaking to reporters in Christchurch today, he rejected accusations he was releasing the documents for political gain.
“It’s a bit rich though to say that it’s expedient when here’s a guy that’s used hacked information presenting a case that’s actually wrong, now he only saw one part of it and that’s as I said a big problem, once you hack into something, you present the wrong picture don’t you, because you know he might of been right if it had carried on all the way through but unfortunately for him he’s completely and utterly wrong."