Soldiering On, by Alan Brosnan and Duke Henry with Bob Tauber
Soldiering On, by Alan Brosnan and Duke Henry with Bob Taubert, T.E.E.S., Southaven, Mississippi, 2002, 330pp.
Nicky Hager, review for Dominion Post
Author: Nicky Hager
New Zealand and the New Cold War
As soon as the Labour-Alliance Government offered soldiers for the orwellian-sounding “War on Terrorism”, declaring “total support for the approach taken by the United States”, it began drawing New Zealand into the hidden agendas not only of the Afghanistan War, but also of what are, in effect, the early days of a renewed cold war.
World needs to step aside from retaliation, violence
As the pressure comes on New Zealand to support war in Asia, let’s not fool ourselves that we would be fighting on the side of right….
In the know
There is nothing surprising about the US intelligence agencies failing to detect and stop the September 11 hijacking attacks. The main role of US intelligence agencies is not defence against threats like terrorism, but advancing US interests elsewhere in the world . . .
Investigating public relations companies
PR is a huge feature of modern politics. Every journalist spends a lot of his or her time coping with and trying to see through PR communications and tactics. However the issue for journalists should not just be surviving PR tactics and spin, but turning the spotlight on it….
“Investigating Intelligence Activities” (speech notes), Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Copenhagen, 26-29 April 2001
Intelligence agencies can appear hopelessly impregnable. The information is inside the walls and we are on the outside. But security is usually more impression than reality. In every government agency (and private companies), no matter how strict the security, the secrets walk in and out of the doors every day as people go to and from work.
Speaking to the European Parliament about the Echelon system
ECHELON Committee, European Parliament 23 & 24 April 2001 Chairman: Mr Hager, you have the floor. Nicky Hager Good morning. I am very pleased to be with your committee, and I think I should have to appear here as one of the people who produced the information about Echelon. I think it’s very important that […]
Body of Secrets – anatomy of the ultra-secret National Security Agency from the Cold War through the dawn of the new century, by James Bamford
Body of Secrets – anatomy of the ultra-secret National Security Agency from the Cold War through the dawn of the new century, James Bamford, Doubleday, 2001, 721pp.
Book review by Nicky Hager
The Big Breach – Inside the Secret World of MI6, by Richard Tomlinson
The Big Breach – Inside the Secret World of MI6 by Richard Tomlinson, Harper Collins, 2001
Book review by Nicky Hager
A tangled web
The police, Security Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Security Bureau are pushing for major new surveillance powers including the ability to spy on emails. Nicky Hager investigates. THE secretary of the anti-free trade group turns on her computer and types in the security password. Her computer holds all the group’s membership lists and meeting […]