Posts Tagged ‘Spying’

US security agency denies spying on pope

Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

The US National Security Agency has denied reports in an Italian magazine that the Vatican has been a target of its spying activities. “Assertions that the [National Security Agency] has targeted the Vatican, published in Italy’s Panorama magazine, are not true,” an NSA spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times. Citing a document purportedly furnished by Read more

Law professor questions sense of pursuing case against Waihopai 3

Tuesday, October 29th, 2013

Auckland University law professor Bill Hodge wonders why the Crown is pursuing the civil action against the three peace protestors  who damaged the Waihopai spy base in Marlborough, New Zealand. “There really isn’t much a creditor can do with respect to a debtor who truly is out of funds. You can’t get blood from a Read more

Waihopai Protesters offer their clothes to the Prime Minisiter

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

The three protesters, facing a civil claim for 1.2 million dollars by the Government Communications Security Bureau,  made a symbolic gesture at Parliament last Wednesday, the first day of an appeal hearing, by handing over their clothes. They based their action on the Christ’s admonition, found in Matthews’s Gospel, that if you are sued and Read more