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Rodney Hide: Bags writing the movie script...
I am struggling, despite my best efforts, to work myself up into much of a lather over a journalist's phone log and emails being handed across by mistake to a Prime Ministerial inquiry.
Spy access to NZ used as bargaining tool
The ability for US intelligence agencies to access internet data was used as a bargaining tool by a Telecom-owned company trying to keep down the cost of the undersea cable from New Zealand.
Changes to spy bill fail to allay fears
The Law Society says that changes to the GCSB bill, such as adding a set of guiding principles, are not enough to allay its concerns.
Chris Barton: Can NZ say no to the US?
Saying no to such a powerful ally is never easy, but there is some precedent for such a stand on principles, writes Chris Barton.
Gehan Gunasekara: Let's lead the spooks a merry dance
Gehan Gunasekara's guide to confusing the world's spy agencies. Make up 'friends', visit radical websites, set up multiple online identities, send out random emails...
Home entry shocks owner
A new homeowner in West Auckland was in "total shock" when he found a note on his dining table from people who had entered his home with the help of a locksmith.
Key rejected official's offer to quit
The Prime Minister's chief public servant, Andrew Kibblewhite, offered his resignation to John Key for breaching the no-surprises rule in matters crucial to the David Henry inquiry.
Mai Chen: Ministerial probes struggle for truth
The David Henry inquiry into who leaked the Kitteridge Report on the GCSB seems inadvertently to have resulted in further wrongdoing, writes Mai Chen.
Chilling attacks on freedom
Going into battle with the New Zealand and US governments at the Supreme Court this week, Kim Dotcom deployed the heavy artillery.
Worm turns on Big Brother
Snowden is charged with violating the Espionage Act, the draconian l917 law devised to indict foreign spies but repeatedly used by the Obama Administration to target whistleblowers.
Dunne slams 'gross breach'
Emails between journalist Andrea Vance and Peter Dunne were sent to the Henry Inquiry, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has revealed.
IHC saw accident investigated
An IHC subsidiary could face disciplinary action after an intellectually impaired man was left alone with a circular saw, which became embedded in his abdomen.
PM defends chief over records release
Prime Minister John Key is standing by his chief of staff after calls for his resignation over the release of a journalist's phone records.
Thorn could still appear at inquiry
The head of Parliamentary Service has resigned but could still be summoned to a privileges committee inquiry into how the phone records and swipe-card movements of a journalist were released.
Key's terror claims under fire
The Government intensified its sales job on the GCSB Bill yesterday, with the Prime Minister claiming some New Zealand citizens have had al-Qaeda training in Yemen.
Dotcom demands to see FBI evidence
Kim Dotcom has told the Supreme Court the United States' case against him is a fabrication and he needs access to evidence to prove it.
Freedom of information serves us best
The Defence Force may have a legitimate role in maintaining the military strength of the nation but since when was its job to suppress information?
Gerald McGhie: Transparency more than a buzz word
Two current issues need a great deal more transparency - the GCSB legislation and the Trans- Pacific Partnership negotiations, writes Gerald McGhie.
Marches against GCSB bill
Thousands of people gathered at marches across NZ today to protest extensions to the powers of the Government's spy agency.
Dotcom rails against spy legislation
Kim Dotcom joined academics, civil libertarians and lawyers at a meeting to oppose the proposed new spy law which will allow more surveillance of NZers.
Covert filmer's name suppressed
Protecting the identity of girls captured in covert recordings by a man would have been an important factor in the judge's decision to grant permanent name suppression.
GCSB changes 'do not address flaws'
It's "rushed, ill-conceived and downright dangerous" says a QC, and changes to the GCSB bill secured by Peter Dunne don't address its flaws.
GCSB bill has numbers to pass
The controversial GCSB bill has the numbers to pass in Parliament after United Future leader Peter Dunne secured some significant changes.