The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
July 30, 2013

Report: U.S. Spy Agencies Aided New Zealand Military in Monitoring of McClatchy Reporter 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
New Zealand's government is rebuffing a report that U.S. intelligence
agencies helped its military monitor the communications of a freelance
journalist reporting for Mc Clatchy in Afghanistan. A report in New
Zealand's Sunday Star-Times says "U.S. spy agencies" assisted the New
Zealand military in collecting metadata on the phone calls of Jon
Stephenson and his "associates" while he was reporting on the U.S.-led
occupation of Afghanistan last year. New Zealand's defense minister said
a review of the claims is underway. If confirmed, the report could show
spying techniques used by the National Security Agency and recently
revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden have been used against
journalists.

 

.