If you see a serious crime, you should report it, right?
Especially if you're a public servant. You'd think so, but it appears the nation's spies are exempt.
The Inspector-General for Intelligence and Security has reviewed a 30-year-old case of the agency finding evidence a notorious sex offender was raping his daughter, but not telling police.
The watchdog says tipping-off the police to wrongdoing is not clear-cut for spies.
Waikato University law professor Al Gillespie spoke to Corin Dann.
