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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean the government isn’t playing dirty.

25/9/2014

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Ten minutes or so before I posted my blog yesterday proving the Police and Corrections Minister had used dodgy gang numbers, David Farrar wrote something akin to an apology on Kiwiblog for attacking me for exposing the truth. He was getting the jump on criticism coming his way.

Was this a coincidence? Of course not. He was tipped off by the Minister’s office following an inquiry by the the Herald's ever diligent David Fisher just an hour or so before Farrar posted. Tolley’s press secretary is a man named Gillon Carruthers. Leaked emails used in Dirty Politics show that Carruthers has been providing material to Farrar’s offside Cameron Slater since 2011. Old habits obviously die hard.

Not that Carruthers will admit it, of course, and if he does he will undoubtedly say that he was just apologising to Farrar for sending him false information in the first place. That’s obviously a sop, though, why only apologise to Farrar? Why not to the public for misleading them when launching important policy before the election? Furthermore, any apology to Farrar would only prove he previously leaked him the original information so that he could attack me. 

When I wrote in my blog that I used somebody else to send in the Official Information request because I was concerned the fact I was doing so would be leaked to Farrar or others (to whatever end), I thought I might be seen as paranoid. To be honest, I thought I might have been too. Unfortunately it appears not.

It is already quite clear that numerous people have been attacked by Slater, Farrar, often at the behest of government ministers or those working for them. This is not a small matter, it is about how we want our democracy to operate.

After the revelations of Dirty Politics, it might have been assumed these practices were halted. It seems that they haven’t been. Cameron Slater said to me last week on Twitter ‘wait until you see Dirtier Politics’. The worst, it would seem, is yet to come.

Can somebody, anybody, in the media please ask the Minister of Police and Corrections, or even better the Prime Minister, if they continue to think that this is acceptable practice? Are they happy establishing two tiers of information flow: a secret and efficient one for propaganda and a slow and risky one for the truth?

Please ask them if academics and journalists should have to hide our identities when asking for government information so that it’s not leaked to people like Slater and Farrar?

These seem to be reasonable questions, the answers to which have grave ramifications. I implore the Forth Estate to ask them.

8 Comments
Steve
25/9/2014 05:06:36 am

A two tier information flow as you have described is not just dirty politics. It is a total abuse of position and power.

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Rogena
25/9/2014 07:07:21 am

I agree. There needs to be a push for a full and wide inquiry with full powers.

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16/3/2020 04:27:41 pm

Paranoia is one of the biggest things that are ruining our government. I think that the people are acting way to idiotic. If you have no idea about the topic, then just don't make any noise. If you ask me, there are just people who are too confident about themselves. If we can get the paranoia out of the equation, then our nation can be a lot better. Paranoia is the enemy of our great nation, my old friends.

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Phil
25/9/2014 07:51:20 am

Welcome to the Brave New Zealand. The arrogance of National now that they believe they have created a one party system is glaring. We're up against a "Ministry of Information" of Orwellian proportions here. This kind of abuse of power is a slippery slope. How far will it degenerate before NZ kicks National out?

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Alison
25/9/2014 02:52:36 pm

Thank you again. I have lived experience of exactly this. I still bear the scars. Surely, they have made enough enemies from enough of us that we can take them down? When will they reach critical outrage level? How many more good people does this need to happen to?

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reason
26/9/2014 09:11:58 am

I fully believe that the slater national party combo will indeed get even more down in the sewer side of life.

Slaters pal the former and most corrupt police and justice minister we've ever had is ready to do double the crushing :o

Side-kick tolley has taken up the slack of issuing bullshit stats and abusing parliaments powers in her little play at dirty politics.

With the Herald, DomPost and others either in on or being played by the national party dirt unit Tolley and Farrar probably feel safe with shit on their hands.

Sooner rather than later that sick in the head attack dog Cam slater will end up causing his owners to be put down ;-).



P.s for a short heavy fella with little legs I've heard he runs real fast from west coasters.

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j j cale
27/9/2014 01:47:31 pm

Who gives a shit, let it go.

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