Spying New Zealand

Spying seems to be the big thing lately, I find it disturbing that with the exposure of all the illegal spying on citizens going on around the world, that these pieces of legislation are being passed to make their actions legal.  Like committing theft, getting caught and then passing legislation to make theft legal.


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6625136/Search-and-Surveillance-Bill-passes

23 Mar 2012
"Opposition parties say New Zealand has been turned into a "police state" after Parliament last night narrowly passed the Government's controversial Search and Surveillance Bill.
Parliament last night passed by the Bill by 61 votes to 57."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9364767/Spying-bill-passes-into-law

5 Nov 2013
"New legislation to ensure all electronic communications can be exposed to the scrutiny of spy agencies has passed into law.

The technical Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security Bill will compel telecommunication firms to assist intelligence agencies in intercepting and decrypting phone calls, texts and emails"


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11151966

5 Nov 2013
"Controversial new telecommunications security legislation is now the law of the land.
The Telecommunications Interceptions and Security Capability Bill has just passed its third and final reading In Parliament by 61 votes to 57."


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11151986

6 Nov 2013
"The second half of the Government's rejig of spying laws passed its third reading yesterday as the Opposition warned that New Zealand was moving in the opposite direction to the rest of the world by granting spy agencies more powers."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9389926/Rebecca-Kitteridge-to-head-SIS

12 Nov 2013
"Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council Rebecca Kitteridge has been appointed to the position of Director of Security for the Security Intelligence Service (SIS). 
Prime Minister John Key announced the appointment this morning, saying Kitteridge was a "highly respected and professional" public servant."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9406956/Next-spy-boss-seen-as-principled

16 Nov 2013
"When Rebecca Kitteridge was named New Zealand's next spy boss she is said to have asked if the job came with an Aston Martin.

That is the private face of the woman who, according to those who know her, has a wicked wit, isn't afraid of staring down prime ministers if that is required of her, and is also a devoted mum who – for the record – drives a somewhat more modest Mazda Demio"


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9442391/Spying-leaks-may-include-NZ-Key

26 Nov 2013
"Prime Minister John Key says it's possible US whistleblower Edward Snowden has documents on New Zealand's spying activities"


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11171475

12 Dec 2013

"A backpacker coming home for Christmas had every bit of electronic equipment stripped from him at the airport.

A Customs officer at Auckland International Airport took law graduate Sam Blackman's two smartphones, iPad, an external hard drive and laptop - and demanded his passwords."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9659666/State-will-know-everything-about-you

29 Jan 2014

"Departing privacy commissioner Marie Shroff has warned the state will soon know nearly everything about you, even after you are dead and gone.

Giving her valedictory speech in Wellington yesterday, she also argued for stronger oversight of our spy agencies and bigger legal teeth for the small privacy watchdog."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9756743/Spies-mum-over-US-cash-questions

24 Feb 2014

"The Government's spy agencies have refused to tell Parliament's intelligence and security committee if they receive funding from the United States."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9766176/Kiwi-spies-taught-online-tricks

26 Feb 2014

"Kiwi spooks were briefed on setting honey traps and internet "dirty tricks" to "control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp" online discourse, documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal."


http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9768676/Spies-learn-sex-and-misinformation

27 Feb 2014

"A secret unit of British spies trained Kiwis how to be ‘‘cyber magicians,’’ using sex, misinformation and psychological tactics to control the internet.
 
Documents leaked by journalist Glen Greenwald, through US whistleblower Edward Snowden, show Government Communications Security Bureau agents were briefed by counterparts from the ultra-secret Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group. "


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11217797

11 Mar 2014

"NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says the United States' spy agency has helped find or create loopholes in New Zealand law to enable widespread spying."