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Stop GCSB spying on New Zealanders
Sir Edmund Thomas to chair Stop the GCSB Bill meeting
Spy bill do-gooders get their comeuppance By Toby Manhire @toby_etc 5:30 AM Friday Jul 19, 2013 Impudence. Sheer impudence. When the namby-pamby do-gooders at the Human Rights Commission expressed misgivings about the new GCSB bill and its sidekick the telecommunications interception bill, John Key showed them who was boss. He slapped them down like a
By Audrey Young Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff is calling for a delay in the passage of the GCSB legislation. She wants more time to be given to considering oversight. While she has no mandate to comment on the collection and use of data by intelligence agencies, she has raised questions about it in
Dame Anne Salmond says it is imperative that New Zealanders stand up for democratic freedoms In 2007, John Key, then Leader of the Opposition, gave a powerful speech to the New Zealand Press Club against the Electoral Finance Bill. He declared: “Here in New Zealand we often take our democratic freedoms for granted. We think
Tim McBride, for the HRF has told the Intelligence and Security Committee that it has major concerns regarding aspects of the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill 2013. Under the bill the GCSB will be entitled to keep under surveillance NZ citizens and permanent residents in certain circumstances that are not permitted
