More on dirty politics

Yesterday, or at least until the leak by @whaledump, I thought that National could ride this out and scrape through in the elections, in which case things would get VERY, VERY ugly in the country.

After listening to right-wing commentator, Matthew Hooten, who is not stranger to attack politics, I changed my mind.

I think Key and his corrupt, fascist government is toast.

You have to bear in mind that Matthew Hooten is a part of dirty politics – he figures amongst the characters of Nicky Hager's book and is part of 'the Hollow Men'

Never mind what ex-Labour president, Mike Williams says (he would)

If Matthew says what he does in this interview you have to to sit up.

Matthew Hooten on 'Dirty Politics'

Five days on from its release, Nine to Noon's political commentators Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams discuss the ongoing fallout from Nicky Hager's new book, Dirty Politics.

The book says blogger Cameron Slater received information from National Party insiders including a now-former member of John Key's staff, and the Justice Minister, Judith Collins.

Twitter email dump set up in advance

Radio NZ,
19 August, 2014

The release of emails and Facebook messages that formed the basis of book Dirty Politics were programmed several days in advance, according to a security expert specialising in the forensic investigation of IT systems.

Some of the material on which Wellington writer Nicky Hager based the book was released on Twitter yesterday afternoon by someone with the twitter handle of @Whaledump.

The 12 documents on Twitter are screen shots of emails between Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater and others, including former Key staffer Jason Ede, the details of which are carried in the book.

Mr Hager had earlier said said although his source wouldn't allow him to release material, the source himself might.

Whaledump on Twitter.

Security consultant Daniel Ayers said Whaledump was set more than a week before the 13 August launch of the book and the tweets written in advance and programmed to be released at a set time.

"The topic of Mr Hager's book was a closely guarded secret right up until its launch last week, so whoever knew to create a Twitter account called Whaledump on the 4th of August was obviously very close to the action," he said.

"And also the fact that the tweets are not being sent live suggests to me that somebody needs an alibi."

The chief executive of Computer Forensics Limited, Brian Eardley-Wilmot, warns the only way to tell whether the documents are real is to investigate the computer that captured the emails.

"Without access to the original email file you are not going to get anything that's provable at all. Anything that you guys out there are talking about may well be bogus."

A researcher at the University of Auckland, Peter Gutmann, said hacking a single person is difficult, but there's a criminal market with tools on sale to do this.

Mr Gutmann, computer hacking expert, said one way to target someone is to mock up an email just for them, and include a link they follow. That installs malicious software on their computer to capture passwords.

Radio New Zealand interviewed Labour Party leader, David Cunliffe

The mainstream media are like a dog with a bone. They have been insulted and will not let go. The tide has turned, I'm sure

Political editor analyses Dirty Politics fallout

The fascist Slug talks about hypocrisy. After doing the dirty on all his enemies he is rushing to the police.

Mr Slater, have you come across "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

Dirty Politics: Police assessing hacking claim

Police are assessing a complaint with a view towards launching an investigation into the hacking of Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater's computer.

Police Headquarters were preparing to release a statement outlining its process following an emailed complaint from Slater