A former senior Northland police officer is among government officials ordered by the High Court to reveal details of secret surveillance on internet tycoon Kim Dotcom.
Detective Superintendent Mike Pannett, New Zealand police liaison officer in Washington, has been ordered to swear an affidavit, setting out full details of the monitoring he was a party to from the FBI's Multi Agency Command Centre.
Mr Pannett was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 before he was appointed manager of intelligence operations at the National Intelligence Centre based at Police National Headquarters in Wellington.
Chief High Court Judge Helen Winklemann this week ordered, among others, police and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) to reveal details of their secret surveillance on Mr Dotcom's Coatesville mansion that was raided earlier this year.
The latest ruling is another milestone in Mr Dotcom's bid to challenge extradition to the US on copyright-infringement charges.