Something I missed yesterday: it appears that someone broke into the house of Ahmed Zaoui's lawyer, but mysteriously didn't take anything. Given that hearings into Zaoui's Security Risk Certificate will start next month, and the SIS are known for this sort of thing, it looks just a teensy bit suspicious.
Some will no doubt cry paranoia, but in a country where the intelligence services are allowed to break into people's homes and steal things solely on their own say-so, and have abused their powers in the past to target those engaged in legitimate protest activity against the government, you can hardly blame people for being suspicious. And if you want to remove the suspicion, there's a simple solution: remove the law, and subject the SIS to a proper oversight regime, rather than the present joke.
Oh, come on I/S.
ReplyDeleteI realise the SIS were nabbed breaking into Chaudhary's house in Christchurch a few years ago but do you really think they would be *that* stupid to do this so close to the hearing; knowing they would be the prime suspect's; and leaving evidence of a break at the scene?
Are you willing to offer the SIS innocence until proven guilty or does that only apply to Zaoui?
I s'pose next you'll be saying Manning will die in a car crash on the Fanshawe Street on ramp and have a briefcase stolen from her car before the police arrive?
Gooner: Well, the SIS's past record doesn't exactly shout "competance", does it?
ReplyDeleteAs for "innocent until proven guilty", that exists to protect us from the government, not the other way round. In general, I prefer an attitude of healthy distrust, particularly for those institutions which exert coercive authority, simply on the basis that power corrupts. Anything less allows them (and the politicians who control them) to walk all over us.
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ReplyDeleteIs was the SIS Evidence of pie crumbs and a Playboy magazine were found at the house
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