Written By:
Anthony R0bins - Date published:
10:03 am, July 2nd, 2013 - 18 comments
Categories: accountability, Ethics, john key, law -
Tags: GCSB, Peter Dunne, Spying
Key’s enquiry into the GCSB report leak appears to have broken the law. He doesn’t give a damn. What a clear and timely example of exactly why Key and the GCSB can’t be trusted with further powers. “Nothing to hide nothing to fear” my arse.
Key’s enquiry raided Peter Dunne’s emails without his permission.
Key’s enquiry tracked Andrea Vance without her permission (Key claims innocence of course).
These actions appear to be illegal, and the Green Party has lodged a complaint with the Ombudsmen. I/S at No Right Turn identifies the Standing Order which has been broken, and reckons that heads must roll:
Spying on members and tracking who they communicate with clearly impedes them in their function as elected representatives. Spying on members of the press gallery for doing their job does the same (in that communicating with the media is one of the key functions of MPs). Henry shouldn’t just be investigated by the Ombudsman – he should be dragged before the Privileges Committee. As for the Parliamentary staff member(s) who so obligingly handed over information without once thinking about the constitutional implications, they must be sacked. There simply is no other remedy.
And Key’s response? Whatever…
PM has limited sympathy for Dunne’s email complaints
Prime Minister John Key has indicated he has little sympathy for Peter Dunne’s concerns that information about his emails was accessed without his permission during the inquiry into the leak of a sensitive GCSB report. …
Mr Key said he had some sympathy for concerns journalists such as Ms Vance may have about their metadata including information about their movements around the parliamentary complex being examined without their permission. That did not extend to Mr Dunne.
This arrogant disregard for the law and due process is completely typical of Key. As long as he is popular he doesn’t give a damn.
If Peter Dunne surrenders his vote to Key on the extension of GCSB powers after this grubby little episode then he has no self respect, and no respect for the privacy of New Zealanders.
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– If someone is pointing a gun to your head, how do you react?
– If your brother is pointing the gun, how do you react?
– If you endorse the brothers actions, how do you react?
Key is a psychopath – of course he doesn’t give a damn!
Don’t believe me – study Psychology, particularly regarding Sociopathy.
The sooner people wake up to this fact, the better (not that they will, but one can hope……)
This from the man who used the police to stop tge teacup tapes being made public.
Key needs to look more “Presidential” – so he has to behave as if it’s his divine right – I wonder how long before he decides to make himself Emperor?
My money is on Dunne voting yes. Key seems to have the measure of the man
Normally I’d agree, but they seem to be getting quite pissy with each other in public.
A mendacious PM who reads the law to suit himself tells us to trust him with GCSB
Watch him bend the Public Finance Act here:
http://goo.gl/ebEjY
The illegality of this is mind blowing…. We learn now that Key has indeed given himself the powers of an Emperor – even if he hasn’t as yet declared himself as one.
Spying is a military operation. Conducting military operations against civilians is a war crime.
As well as DotCom appearing before the I&S Comm. tomorrow, which will obviously suck a lot of media oxygen, Winston is playing at the dance of the 7 veils once again:
Yes. I noticed that, in Question Time today, Peters was trying to set up the background for further questions. There was no punchline as is usual with Peters, just a series of questions asking Key if he stands by various previous statements.
Peter’s has already argued that Key’s failure to tell the truth is a constitutional crisis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1210/S00097/is-the-kim-dotcom-affair-becoming-a-constitutional-crisis.htm
Peters is bloody good at this stuff. What an Opposition leader.
QOTD: “John Key makes a cup of tea during chairing of intelligence committee. Proceeds to spill it all over his iPhone.”
https://twitter.com/katieabradford/status/351931768808554498
Key was twisting and turning today, in response to Russel Norman on the spying on Dunne’s emails.
His attempts to turn it back on Green-Labour with smears of them, made it seem like such spying on MPs should be OK as long as the party initiating the spying could be “trusted” by the party spied upon.
Good stuff from Russell Norman at the GSCB committee hearing today
I am over John Key. The problem is what to do about it. It means becoming socially active ..
John Keys popularity rating
Like a pork sausage in a synagogue
Really how can anyone find this guys arrogance and ineptitude something to be classed a popular
He hasnt even thought of the environmental impact of his million a year Chinese tourists and its cost in all areas of this country