Bruce Ferguson

Government leaders from both Tonga and Samoa say they are not that concerned about the intercepting of their communications. Audio

Listening to that is Sir Bruce Ferguson is a former director of the GCSB. Audio

Former NSA contractor and now whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has claimed that New Zealanders' information was accessed by a mass surveillance tool the NSA shared with NZ's Government Communications… Audio

The former American spy analyst turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden, is claiming the National Security Agency, has a base in Auckland as well as another one further north. Audio

New revelations from Edward Snowden suggest that New Zealand spies have been trained how to do mass survellance. Audio

The biggest revelations about New Zealand spy agencies are yet to come, but the former head of the GCSB Sir Bruce Ferguson says let them come. Audio

John Key has refused to appear on Checkpoint to talk about this - and earlier had refused to appear on Morning Report, despite making time to be on the music station More FM today. Audio

The Defence Force denies spying on a New Zealand reporter working in Afghanistan and says it didn't ask any foreign spy agency to do it either. Audio

Labour's defence spokesman Phil Goff says there's no place for Defence Force spying on investigative journalists. Audio

A former Chief of Defence, Sir Bruce Ferguson, says it is concerning that defence chiefs have singled out investigative journalists as a subversive threat to the country. Audio

A report into the Government's electronic spy agency, leaked to the Dominion Post, says the bureau may have spied illegally on 85 people. Audio

Sir Bruce Ferguson is the former Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force and headed up the GCSB under a four year contract till 2010. Audio

The Labour Party has joined the Government in rejecting calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the Defence Force's actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Audio

The author of Other People's Wars, Nicky Hager, joins the programme to defend the credibility of his book and the former Chief of Defence Force from early 2002 to 2006, Sir Bruce Ferguson, responds. Audio

The Governor General, Lieutenant-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae fields questions on Nicky Hagar's claims, the PM does the same and the Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from early 2002 to 2006, Air… Audio

Former top brass from the Defence force are rubbishing allegations made by the author Nicky Hager about New Zealand troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Audio

So who is the group Anzac Ploughshares that has claimed responsibility for the attack on the spy base? Audio

Mary speaks with the director of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Bruce Ferguson. Audio