External Assessments Bureau (New Zealand)

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March 19, 2010 by intelNews Leave a comment

Kiwi external spies to focus on domestic intel. New Zealand’s External Assessments Bureau has announced on its website that it has been renamed the National Assessments Bureau, and will conduct more work on intelligence within New Zealand. The change follows a review of the government’s three security services, which, besides the NAB, include the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and the Government Communications Security Bureau.
CIA’s European secrets: Clandestine prisons investigated. Interesting documentary on the CIA secret prison network in Europe, by Russia Today. Available freely on YouTube.
Pentagon official behind ‘rogue ops’ gives interview. US Air Force official Michael Furlong, who was identified last weekend as the father of a clandestine intelligence network of private contractors, set up possibly without supervision or approval by senior US Defense officials, has finally spoken to the media.

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Lost notebook reveals plans for New Zealand spy agency reshuffle

September 9, 2009 by intelNews 1 Comment

Nicky Hager

By JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org |
Plans for a possible radical reshuffling of New Zealand’s intelligence infrastructure were revealed yesterday, with the discovery of a notebook belonging to a government official. The notebook was dropped on a busy Wellington street by an employee of New Zealand’s Treasury Department, who was returning from a classified presentation on the future of the country’s intelligence agencies. It was recovered by Julian Robins, a political correspondent for Radio New Zealand, who proceeded to reveal the notebook’s contents. According to Robins, the government appears to be seriously considering merging the three separate intelligence agencies, which currently operate on different missions, in order to improve synergy and save money. Read more of this post