UK spymasters hit out at Snowden in televised grilling

  The Nation/AFP 8 Nov 2013 LONDON  – Britain´s top spy chiefs said in a rare televised appearance Thursday that the intelligence leaks by Edward Snowden have left its enemies “rubbing their hands with glee” and caused terror groups to change the way they communicate. The heads of foreign spy agency MI6, its domestic counterpart…

Warning as second part of spy bill passes

NZ Herald 6 Nov 2013 Adam Bennett The second half of the Government’s rejig of spying laws passed its third reading yesterday as the Opposition warned that New Zealand was moving in the opposite direction to the rest of the world by granting spy agencies more powers. The Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) or TICS…