John Key’s GCSB lies . . . to date:

Iain Rennie came to me and recommended Fletcher or the GCSB job

I told Cabinet that I knew Ian Fletcher

I forgot that after I scrapped the shortlist for GCSB job I phoned a life-long friend to tell him to apply for the position

I told Iain Rennie I would contact Fletcher

for 30 years, or three decades, I didn’t have any dinners or lunches or breakfasts with Ian Fletcher

I did not mislead the House (14)

I have no reason to doubt at this stage that Peter Dunne did not leak the GCSB report

I called directory service to get Ian Fletcher’s number

the new legislation narrows the scope of the GCSB

The GCSB has been prevented from carrying out its functions]] because of the law governing its functions

because the opposition is opposed the GCSB law ammendments, parliamentary urgency is required

the increasing number of cyber intrusions which I can’t detail or discuss prove that the GCSB laws need to be extended to protect private enterprise

it was always the intent of the GCSB Act to be able to spy on New Zealanders on behalf of the SIS and police

National Ltd™ is not expanding the activities of the GCSB with this new law

cyber terrorists have attempted to gain access to information about weapons of mass destruction held on New Zealand computers

the law which says the GCSB cannot spy on New Zealanders is not clear

the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was an isolated incident

first I heard I heard about Kim Dotcom was on 19 January 2012

first I heard about the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was in September

I did not mislead the House (6)

I won’t be discussing Kim Dotcom during my Hollywood visit.

The Human Rights Commission couldn’t get its submission on the GCSB legislation in on time.

it would cost too much for the police and SIS to carry out the spying on New Zealanders that this new legislation will permit

critics of the GCSB legislation, including the Law Society, the Human Rights Commission, and the Privacy Commission are all uninformed

we do not spy on journalists

I wasn’t aware that my own Chief of Staff was instructing Parliamentary Services to hand over information concerning journalist Andrea Vance