GCSB Legislation Needed With Strict Controls
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 2:12 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
16 April
2013
GCSB Legislation Needed With Strict
Controls
New Zealand First will support legislation to
enable the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)
to act against domestic terrorism and serious crime despite
Government blunders over the Dotcom case.
Rt Hon Winston
Peters says safeguards must be written into the legislation
to ensure the GCSB does not operate outside the law.
These
are:
• Each surveillance to be authorised by warrant by
the responsible minister
• The warrant to comply with
specified criteria to identify the potential security
risk
• The method of surveillance and the time frame of
the operation
• Every warrant to be reviewed within
three weeks by an independent authority selected from the
Judiciary, Defence Force and Police
Mr Peters says
international events prove that terrorism can be home grown
and security agencies need the ability to keep New Zealand
safe.
“What we don’t need is a system that works on an
ad hoc old boy network with a tap on the shoulder or a chat
in a corridor.
“We need a clear legal process that must
be followed at all times,” says Mr
Peters.
ENDS
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