Wednesday, August 21, 2013

New Zealand approves domestic spying with warrants


As debate rages in the United States over the limits put on government spying, New Zealand legislators have moved to clarify what is and isn't legal for one of its own intelligence agencies. According to The New Zealand Herald , the country passed a law today that will give its Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) increased power to spy on New Zealand citizens' communications. The GCSB will still require a warrant when doing so, but such spying will now be explicitly legal in the first place.


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