GCSB ‘Had No Idea’ Spy Gear Was Still Targeting Kim Dotcom
August 2nd, 2017Oh sure.
Via: New Zealand Herald:
THE GCSB lost control of its surveillance technology and wasn’t aware its systems continued spying on Kim Dotcom, according to new documents from the spy bureau.
It claimed that it turned off all surveillance systems targeting Dotcom and others but
found out more than a year later that surveillance continued without its knowledge.
The details in the documents have led Dotcom to state that there is now evidence the United States’ National Security Agency was carrying out surveillance on him.
Dotcom, who should have been protected from GCSB surveillance as a New Zealand resident, said the GCSB did not know because its equipment was being used by the NSA, which was “directly involved”.
“New Zealanders must know how much power a foreign state holds over their private information,” he told the New Zealand Herald.
Let me guess…
After GCSB thought it best to comply with NZ law and switched off surveillance on Dotcom, someone who isn’t on the NZ government’s payroll, whose email address ends in .gov, perhaps someone who regularly has a morning cup of joe with the GCSB staff, switched it back on again.
*ding* *ding* *ding* We have a winner!