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New Zealand Used NSA System to Target Officials, Anti-Corruption Campaigner

14 March 2015

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"New Zealands eavesdropping agency used an Internet mass surveillance system to target government officials and an anti-corruption campaigner on a neighboring Pacific island, according to a top-secret document... the Internet spy system XKEYSCORE to intercept documents authored by the closest aides and confidants of the prime minister on the tiny Solomon Islands. The agency also entered keywords into the system so that it would intercept documents containing references to the Solomons leading anti-corruption activist, who is known for publishing government leaks on his website.... None of the individuals named on the list appear to have any association with terrorism."

See the full article: New Zealand Used NSA System to Target Officials, Anti-Corruption Campaigner (The intercept, link)

And see: Revealed: The names NZ targeted using NSA's XKeyscore system (New Zealand Herald, link) and: Document (pdf)

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