Gook Spy Caught in NZ

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Spies catch out New Zealander working for a foreign intelligence agency

Thomas Manch | Stuff (NZ) | 27 March 2021

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124674099/spies-catch-out-new-zealander-working-for-a-foreign-intelligence-agency

Excerpt: Security Intelligence Service spies have discovered a New Zealander covertly gathering information for a foreign intelligence agency.

The person has been using both "overt and covert" methods to collect information about people in New Zealand who a foreign state believes are dissidents, according to the Security Intelligence Services (SIS).

This information is being reported to the foreign state's embassy in New Zealand, and the SIS is considering its legal options to "mitigate the threat posed by this individual".

While the country behind this spying attempt has not been publicly named, China expert Professor Anne-Marie Brady says the spy will be working for China, as "foreign interference" in New Zealand almost always means the activities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

"The CCP targets the Chinese diaspora as it fears they could help nurture and support political change in China, and also to try and utilise their contacts and influence in foreign societies," she said.

"The CCP targets New Zealand elites in order to develop access to important New Zealand institutions and people, in other words, for intelligence purposes.

"It also aims to try and shape New Zealand government policy on issues important to China and to access dual civil-military use technology."

She said it was encouraging to see the SIS be more transparent, as the agency had said foreign interference was its most urgent priority "but there is very little public conversation about this".

But What About Evil Whitey?

In the report, the SIS also provided examples of two counter-terrorism investigations. In one, a person who frequented online extremist forums was investigated for talking of launching a terror attack and sharing attack methods. <-- That's a Facebook based Bullshitter.

The SIS "provided advice to other government agencies and worked cooperatively to help mitigate the potential threat".

This is Harassment --> In another case, the SIS ran a year-long investigation into a person displaying violent "white identity extremist ideology" – or white supremacist ideology – both online and in person.

"The individual has not specifically planned or prepared to conduct an act of ideologically motivated violence ... SIS assesses that their rhetoric is unlikely to manifest into any real-world violent behaviour."