Martin Doyle Cartoon: Spies On Toast

Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 1:12 pm
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Spies On Toast

By Martin Doyle
24 April 2013

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The irregular recruiting of Ian Fletcher by John Key for the GCSB job introduces the 'poison' of political capture to a body that needs to be unbiased and clear-headed.

Ref: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/8588379/Key-met-spy-candidate-for-breakfast

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