Christchurch GATT Watchdog Organiser Aziz Choudry And The Crown have reached a settlement of Mr Choudry's damages against the Crown for the entering of his home by two Security Intelligence Service officers in July 1996.

The settlement follows a Court of Appeal ruling that there was at the time no power of entry of private premises pursuant to an interception warrant granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to section 4A of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969.

The Crown has now apologised to Mr Choudry for the illegal entry of his home.

The settlement involves a payment to Mr Choudry of substantial damages and payment towards his legal costs. All other terms of the settlement are confidential to the parties.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>