There
is so little of any intelligence coming from NZ media – mostly lies
by omission. We know nothing will happen and there is a cover-up
Little's
whitewash
One
of the obvious questions which immediately arose after Friday's act
of terrorism was why our extremely well-budgeted spy agencies didn't
stop it from happening. The fact that it happened, and 50 people were
killed, represents a huge failure on the part of the SIS, and one the
public deserves answers about. Yesterday, in her post-cabinet press
conference, the Prime Minister suggested that we would get those
answers, promising an inquiry into the question. But her Intelligence
Minister Andrew Little has just pre-judged
the outcome::
The
Minister in charge of New Zealand's intelligence agencies, Andrew
Little, says an inquiry into the events surrounding the Christchurch
terror attack will show those agencies did their jobs.
[...]
Speaking
to Q&A on Monday night, Little welcomed the news of the inquiry
and said it would show the intelligence agencies did their jobs.
"…
these agencies have done the correct things and done nothing other
than fulfil their mandate in terms of security and intelligence."
He
rejected any comments there was too much attention given to surveying
potential Islamic extremism over other kinds of extremism.
So
I guess we'll be getting a whitewash then, an exercise in
arse-covering designed to protect the reputation of the spies, while
doing nothing to address the question of who they target. Just like
the Operation Burnham inquiry. Except of course they'll probably try
and grab even more intrusive powers along the way.
We
spend $80 million a year on the SIS, an amount which has nearly
quadrupled in the last 15 years. What do we get for it? 50 dead
bodies. They need to be held accountable for that, and we need to
know where they went wrong, so we can be sure it will never happen
again.
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