* Text fwd from Peace Movement Aotearoa on Oct. 6, 2010
Spy agency taking on protesters
6/10/2010 11:20:00
Three protesters who damaged the Waihopai base satellite facilities in 2008 are facing a $1million damage suit brought by Gvt spy agency
A Government spy agency is taking a damages claim against the protesters who damaged satellite facilities at the Waihopai base near Blenheim.
Peter Murnane, Adrian Leason, and Sam Land successfully defended criminal charges in March after they damaged a plastic dome at Waihopai during a protest in 2008.
Sources have told Newstalk ZB the Government Communications Security Bureau, which is responsible for the Waihopai base, has decided to take a $1 million damages suit against the trio.
The move comes as the Government also considers amending or repealing the claim of right defence, that the men used to defend the willful damage charges originally brought against them. - http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=183548
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