Tag: Security and Intelligence

It is good that the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has confirmed that the all SIS files on sitting MPs have been closed.

The Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill may be rushed through Parliament before Christmas despite being panned by most submitters to the government administration select committee.

Keith Locke will join other speakers to discuss the trial of the activists who deflated a dome at the US spybase at Waihopai, what the spy base is, and what it's doing in New Zealand.

Join us as we are march down to the National Party HQ and on to the Wellington Police Station.

Last week political commentator Chris Trotter nominated our Auckland MP Keith Locke his

On the third anniversary of the 2007 “Anti-Terrorism Raids, Keith Locke – Green MP is coming to Dunedin to deliver a speech on the Search and Surveillance Bill legislation which is currently being considered by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. This Bill is concerning because it extends state search and surveillance powers beyond Police and intelligence age ncies to an array of other state agencies.

14.12.2000 KEITH LOCKE* says serious privacy issues arise from proposed laws that would allow police to intercept e-mails. Legislation allowing police to intercept e-mails and hack into computers is before a parliamentary select committee.

The Search and Surveillance Bill currently before Parliament is a serious threat to civil liberties in New Zealand. It broadly increases the powers of the police and other government agencies to monitor, search and detain individuals for minor and nonexistent infringements.

Our Privacy Under Threat: what is wrong with the Search & Surveillance Bill and the Security Intelligence Services Amendment Bill.