Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to CJM,
Key. Dead man walking.
How long will it take for John Armstrong to demand his resignation? ;-)
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NEW ZEALAND SPY AGENCY LAUNCHED MASS SURVEILLANCE PROJECT WHILE PUBLICLY DENYING IT
BY GLENN GREENWALD AND RYAN GALLAGHER -
NEW ZEALAND SPY AGENCY LAUNCHED MASS SURVEILLANCE PROJECT WHILE PUBLICLY DENYING IT
BY GLENN GREENWALD AND RYAN GALLAGHER -
Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to nzlemming,
Slater’s court action is probably the ostensible reason.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Bart Janssen,
There really does seem to be a whole story about Jason Ede that is gone completely missing.
Just like Ede himself ;-)
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Angela Hart,
yes, I hope he dispersed the material widely enough that it will be acted on. Can’t understand the delay, unless there wasn’t much left.
Slater's court action is probably the ostensible reason.
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If you haven't read Steven Price's latest column, you really should.
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I just wish some of those "journalists" Rawshark left his stash with had the balls to publish. Ede-Slater must surely be in there, but now that he's off the scene, they're not worried about missing the scoop.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to mark taslov,
Deferring to nzlemming, there doesn’t seem to be much leeway bar throwing Fletcher under a bus:
There's definitely a bus with Fletcher's name on the bumper. I think the key phrase is "certainly of its own will to go off and collect bulk data" - if the NSA require them to do it under the UKUSA agreement (which is the former, more official name for 5Eyes), then it's not of "it's own will".
The second para is equally ambiguous:
we do not use partners to circumvent the legal arrangements in New Zealand and indeed our partners don’t use us for the same purpose either
But wait, Snowden evidence about the USA, Canada and UK shows that those countries did exactly that and more. Why should NZ be exempt from fulfilling their obligations under the agreement? Perhaps because they're already doing it themselves and don't need someone else to do it for them? Seems to make sense. Greenwald's interview indicates that we do indeed target other countries at our partners' "request", particularly countries where the US feels unable to penetrate, because of diplomatic troubles.
I feel a long night of reading lies ahead tomorrow. Can't wait.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to izogi,
who are thinking more in a business mindset than a government mindset
And are spectacularly bad at running it as a business unless, of course, their exit strategy is a buyout...