Kim Dotcom and John Key

From Kim Dotcom...

Could also apply to John Key!

Kim Dotcom - John Banks Song

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GCSB files show Key’s Dotcom tale unravelling

Press statement from NZ Labour Party

Scoop,

3 October, 2012

John Key’s story that he knew nothing about his spy agency’s involvement in the Kim Dotcom case is unravelling with the revelation it told him about it months ago, something he conveniently forgot, says Labour Leader David Shearer.

“This isn’t a case of ‘brain fade’. It points to the Prime Minister not telling the truth. His credibility and integrity, and the entire intelligence network that he heads, are seriously in question.

“The only way this can be cleared up is to have the full, wide-ranging inquiry that I called for in my letter to John Key last week.

“No other inquiry will have any credibility in the eyes of New Zealanders. There must be an investigation from the bottom to the very top, including the role of the person in charge - John Key. That investigation should include what he knew, what he was told and what he should have known.

“Just a few days ago, John Key was quite happily dumping on the guys at the bottom in a desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny of his own role. Yet today we have proof that there were failures at the very top.

“The Prime Minister is supposed to be in ‘control’ of our intelligence agencies. That’s his job. He has let Kiwis down and undermined New Zealand’s reputation for honesty and integrity.

“His lax attitude and continual claims that he either doesn’t read material or isn’t aware of what’s going on under his own nose just doesn’t cut it. The fact he’s dumped this material before jetting off to Hollywood is also irresponsible and just dodging the issue.

“The revelation that there are another three cases where the legal position of surveillance or interceptions are not clear adds weight to the need for an independent inquiry.

“As does the confirmation that Roy Ferguson, the head of the Intelligence Coordination Group, knew all about the role of GCSB in the Dotcom arrest but didn’t tell the very man he reports to – John Key.

“Kiwis must be able to trust that our intelligence agencies are following the law and are being properly overseen. I am again asking John Key to treat this with the seriousness it deserves as Prime Minister. He owes New Zealanders nothing less,” says David Shearer.

John Key in Hollywood...

Quote of the day - from Kim Dotcom

"Politics is the 2nd oldest profession. In some cases it's quite similar to the first "

World spies in NZ only days before Dotcom bolt

The world's most powerful spies are believed to have met in Wellington just two days before Prime Minister John Key announced an inquiry into illegal snooping on Kim Dotcom.

Stuff,

3 October, 2012

The intelligence alliance of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - known as Five Eyes - regularly meets across the globe.

The Dominion Post understands the agencies met on the weekend of September 15 and 16. Mr Key was in Auckland meeting US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that weekend.

The US wants to extradite Dotcom on internet piracy charges and his north Auckland home was raided in a joint police and FBI raid in January. It has since emerged the foreign intelligence agency's spying on Dotcom and co-accused Bram van der Kolk was illegal because their New Zealand residency offers legal protection.

Mr Key announced on September 17 that he had ordered an investigation into the illegal spying by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), by which time the top-level spies had left the country.

It is understood Intelligence Co-ordination Group director Roy Ferguson, a former ambassador to the US, was at the meeting. The State Services Commission would not confirm this, referring an inquiry to Mr Key's office.

A woman at Mr Ferguson's Wellington home said he would not be returning a call.

It is believed he was joined by representatives from the US Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Britain's Communications Headquarters, Canada's Communications Security Establishment and the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.

The Dotcom spy scandal has continued to dog Mr Key. Police yesterday launched an inquiry into the illegal surveillance of Dotcom and van der Kolk. They also appointed lawyer Kristy McDonald, QC, to review the case.

The investigation was sparked by a complaint from Green Party co-leader Russel Norman. He believes the agency breached section 216(B) of the Crimes Act. “If police find the law has been broken they should prosecute."

However, Labour leader David Shearer wants a more wide-ranging probe. “The failings exposed in the Dotcom debacle go far wider and deeper than whether or not junior staff at the GCSB screwed up," he said.

An internal review of the bureau by Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge, who has been seconded to the agency, began yesterday.

Inspector-General Paul Neazor's report into the GCSB's role in Operation Debut was widely panned as a whitewash.

“We don't need a piecemeal mish-mash of reviews and reports, we need a proper independent inquiry," Mr Shearer said.

Police Commissioner Peter Marshall said Ms McDonald's appointment would "provide an overview".

Mr Key has dismissed the Greens' complaint as a "political stunt" but said the police must take complaints seriously.