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Posted July 29, 2013 11:31 · last edited July 29, 2013 11:47

dairyflat wrote:
james dean wrote:

I think this whole debate has become unnecesarily politicised and both sides are using extreme examples to justify opposing arguments.<snip>



Good read. Thanks for posting.Hmm...

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The GCSB was not deliberately proceeding outside of the law, there was a misunderstanding as to the scope of their remit and a lack of oversight meant they proceeded unchecked while working on a small number of cases over a number of years.


It is disturbing that they did so over eighty times. I would have expected them to understand the law that they work within to a high degree.

My understanding is that they had a legal opinion that pretty much said that what they were doing was ok, hence the 80 odd cases and the working in silos definitely didn't help either. It wasn't until it was looked at again did anyone decide something unlawful was happening.

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TeamAndy edited July 29, 2013 11:47
dairyflat wrote:
james dean wrote:

I think this whole debate has become unnecesarily politicised and both sides are using extreme examples to justify opposing arguments.<snip>



Good read. Thanks for posting.Hmm...

[quote=james dean] 
The GCSB was not deliberately proceeding outside of the law, there was a misunderstanding as to the scope of their remit and a lack of oversight meant they proceeded unchecked while working on a small number of cases over a number of years.


It is disturbing that they did so over eighty times. I would have expected them to understand the law that they work within to a high degree.

My understanding is that they had a legal opinion that pretty much said that what they were doing was ok hence the 80 odd cases. It wasn't until it was looked at again did anyone decide something unlawful was happening.