Key's release.

How NZ's Prime Minister was duped

John Key has learnt from the American's example and is taking a preemptive strike against Kim Dotcom's "Moment Of Truth" event, Yes, Key is under pressure, for if his National Party lose this election their chances of signing the lucrative TPP agreement will be scuttled. (lucrative for the first signer that is)

The Prime Minister has taken the bait in believing that the master stroke  of the "Moment of Truth" was to be revealing that the GCSB had developed a business case for prevention of cyber attacks through meta data gathering. The Prime Minister's defense was that he had decided not to go ahead with this plan, and claiming that whistle blower Edward Snowden only has part of the records.

The reality is that there have been more whistle blowers than just Snowden and while the evidence has been difficult to collate, a lot more damaging evidence exists. Pultzer prize winner Glen Greenwald has not come to NZ for no good reason.  Just because the GCSB did not purchase and install this equipment, this in no way refutes that it was purchased and installed under John Key's watch.

While it may be illegal for NZ to spy on citizens without a warrant, it is not illegal for us to ask a third party government organisation such as ASIO to do it for the NZ Government. Once the third party has the information it can share it with another third party in turn and then return the information to the GCSB. Thus not even NZ's own chief communications spy agency knows where the information has truly come from.

This is very similar to how Waihopai is used for spying on satellite and copper communications in New Zealand.

The real question now is, How much do NZ'ers care that they have been spied on and lied to.

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