Australians aware of agent’s connection to Mossad
AUSTRALIAN intelligence officials knew the man at the centre of the Kiwi Israeli spy scandal was a long-time Mossad agent well before he began the New Zealand passport operation…
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Pulling rank from ‘the Yanks’: the life of a Kiwi contractor in Iraq
NICKY HAGER speaks to a former NZSAS member working in a `Close Protection Team’: DOZENS OF New Zealanders are working for private companies in Iraq as violent opposition to the occupation forces spreads and the risks to foreigners grow….
More to NZ’s tour of duty than meets the eye
A LEAKED report reveals the 61 New Zealand Army engineers caught up in the Iraq conflict have spent only a fraction of their time helping rebuild services for Iraqi civilians….
Orion spending decision flies in face of Clark’s previous policy
NO ONE said it openly, but an unpublicised cabinet decision in late January signalled the end of Labour’s policy of reorienting the defence forces….
Peaceful protests and violent police
Policing of normal political protest has changed dramatically in recent years. What’s going on?
Christchurch Press feature on intelligence
In November last year PM Helen Clark released a new policy on access to our Security Intelligence Service’s old files. The press release said it was to encourage “greater openness”, but in fact she had just instituted possibly the most restrictive intelligence archives policy in the western world… .
In the line of fire
The role New Zealand soldiers are playing in Iraq is not the one the government has sold to the country… (This feature was the first expose of New Zealand military activities in Iraq.)
Coming a cropper, why Helen Clark has only herself to blame
Helen Clark has tried again to present herself as the victim in the contaminated corn crop issue. But, this time, she is partly correct….
Power firm’s shock ally
Nicky Hager reveals a controversial American company behind the South Island’s proposed Project Aqua scheme….
Meridian Energy and public relations
It is not surprising if you haven’t heard of Project Aqua. It is the largest power scheme planned in New Zealand since the Clyde Dam 20 years ago and already it is controversial in the local area around Oamaru. But a lot of state resources are going into trying to silence the opponents and avoid the inconvenience of genuine public debate….