Gordon Campbell on the Royal Commission’s report into the Christchurch mosque shootings
For an 800 page monster, the Royal Commission report into the Christchurch shootings has proved to be a strangely weightless affair. Everyone – the Police, […]
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Gordon Campbell on this week’s damning report into the SIS/GCSB’s tacit compliance with torture
The IGIS report investigates NZ’s role in the CIA’s illegal system of rendition and torture of captives in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.
Gordon Campbell on why we shouldn’t genuflect to calls for secrecy
Reportedly most (and possibly all) of the Royal Commission investigation into the Christchurch mosque shootings will be closed to the general public and to the media.
Gordon Campbell on ridding the Net of white supremacist propaganda
So there is to be a Royal Commission inquiry into the mosque attacks… at least this will be somewhat at arms length from the government whose agencies will be under scrutiny.
Gordon Campbell on what effective changes to our gun law and to the SIS, would look like
The government has signalled that its response to the Christchurch mosque shootings will proceed on two main fronts…
Gordon Campbell on the latest High Court obstacle to the Hit & Run inquiry
A High Court ruling concerning the use of security information – if left unchallenged – could well cripple the investigation into the Hit & Run allegations.
Gordon Campbell on how spying on politicians should be managed in future
Click to enlarge For the meantime, Prime Minister John Key has kicked for touch on whether security services directly responsible to him should be allowed […]