The SIS spies on 6700 people

There was much controversy in 2009 when the NZ Security Intelligence Service (SIS) released several personal files of political activists who have been around for decades. It revealed that Green Party MP Keith Locke had and open SIS file until 2006. He was elected to parliament in 1999 and was spied on since he was a young boy delivering Communist Party newspapers in Christchurch.

In June 2010, Prime Minister John Key released a follow-up report from the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Mr Neazor, about personal files and other records held by the SIS. Key ordered a review last year on files kept on MPs and about collecting, retaining and destroying personal records. It comes as no surprise that Neazor “is satisfied with current and proposed practices.”

Ths SIS hunt for WMD

WMD? WTF? SIS proves vigilant in its idiocy...

In November 2009 it was revealed that the SIS met with the University Vice 
Chancellor's Committee, urging lecturers to be vigilant about students 
acquiring knowledge about Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD) and to 
encourage them to spy on students.