Electronic Espionage: 15 years of inertia (Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2013)
Edward Snowden is in the midst of one of the most dramatic intelligence leaks in our lifetimes…..
Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2013
Category: Intelligence
US spy agencies eavesdrop on Kiwi, Sunday Star-Times
The New Zealand military received help from US spy agencies to monitor the phone calls of Kiwi journalist Jon Stephenson and his associates while he was in Afghanistan reporting on the war.
Who is really responsible for the GCSB shenanigans?
Kitteridge Report suggests “unclear legislation” allowed for GCSB to illegally spy on New Zealanders. But the real responsibility lies elsewhere
“Principled small nation or stalwart ally? New Zealand’s independent foreign policy”, 2019 chapter by Nicky Hager
Other People’s Wars
The ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan and beyond has been the longest foreign war in New Zealand history, yet most New Zealanders know almost nothing about their country’s part in it. For ten years, nearly everything controversial or potentially unpopular was kept secret, and obscured by a steady flow of military public relations stories.
Based on thousands of leaked New Zealand military and intelligence documents, extensive interviews with military and intelligence officers and eye-witness accounts from the soldiers on the ground, Nicky Hager tells the story of these years. New Zealand was far more involved than the public realised in this crucial period of world history, He tells how the military and bureaucracy used the war on terror to pursue private agendas, even when this meant misleading and ignoring the decisions of the elected government.
“Nicky Hager has more knowledge and understanding of the American intelligence world in Afghanistan — both its good and its very bad points — than any reporter I know.” – Seymour Hersh, 2013
A short history of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS)
The SIS history divides into three eras: Cold War (1956-1990), post-Cold War (1990-2001) and War on Terror (2001 to the present).
Wikileaks: Leaked US cables spill the beans on NZ ties
NEW ZEALAND’S collaboration with United States intelligence agencies was “fully restored” in August 2009 but both governments decided to keep the decision secret.
Wikileaks: the first cables released in New Zealand
These are the first US embassy cables released in New Zealand, in full except for one name being redacted.
Israel’s omniscient ears
Israel’s Urim base in the Negev desert is among the most important and powerful intelligence gathering sites in the world. Yet, until now, its eavesdropping has gone entirely unmentioned
Google case highlights risks in NZ law change
The US Internet company Google threatened to close its Chinese operations last week after discovering Chinese hackers had broken into its Gmail email system, apparently gaining access via specialised interception equipment installed by Google to assist US law enforcement agencies.