Author and Investigative Journalist
I will be talking tonight about the history and characteristics of propaganda, starting with the WWII versions as seen in the “Towards the Precipice” poster exhibition here at the museum and moving on to contemporary examples that together help us to understand the world we live in.
Today, Tuesday 21 November 2006, was to be the day of the launch of my new book. The books are printed, preparations for the launch were finalised and then we learnt of Friday afternoon that an injunction had been granted that has blocked release of the book.
New Zealand is going through a period of serious degradation of civil liberties. Some expansion of surveillance may be justified but most is occurring without any objective necessity, driven by technological change, foreign pressures and over- reaction to terrorist threats.
New Zealand’s Official Information Act is a powerful tool that allows access to a lot of important information. However, my experience has been that the act also has major limitations. New Zealand is overdue for a thorough review of the freedom of information laws.
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.
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 […]