Blog claims New Zealand police documents reveal use of PRISM for surveillance
A blogger has reported that police affidavits appear to show that New Zealand police and spy agencies are able to tap directly into United States surveillance systems such as PRISM to capture email and other traffic.
The PRISM data revelations have led to a global outcry
Blogger Keith Ng published that New Zealand’s Organised and Financial Crime Agency requested assistance from the Government Communications Security Bureau, the intelligence unit in charge of surveilling the Pacific region.
The material relates to the raid by New Zealand police on internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who was investigated on allegations of online piracy based on indictments filed in the US.
“It means that government agencies can tap into these powers as part of bread-and-butter law enforcement,” Ng said.
“Through the Bradley Ambrose case, we’ve seen that the Police are willing to use the full extent of their powers for entirely bullshit cases. Combine the two, and it makes me very, very queasy.”
Keith Ng is a New Zealand based data journalist who has been blogging on the publicaddress.net site since 2005.