- NZ prime minister's chief security adviser is Russiagate conspiracist. Archived Message
- NZ prime minister's chief security adviser is Russiagate conspiracist. - Morrissey December 22, 2019, 10:12 pm
- I've just sent Dan Eaton's fainéant "interviewer" an email. - Morrissey December 22, 2019, 10:26 pm
Posted by Morrissey
on December 22, 2019, 10:12 pm
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Earlier this year, Jeremy Rose delivered a wandery, harebrained yet pompous defence of the egregious Ben Shapiro. Yesterday he provided a question-free sounding board for one Dan Eaton, who is a purveyor of the Russiagate hoax. Disturbingly, this novelist-spy is the "Director of National Security Policy" at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. He will have been delighted that Jeremy Rose failed to ask a single awkward question. https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/05/incredibly-jeremy-rose-contends-that.html RNZ's Mediawatch is a regular patsy for these propagandists and liars. https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/01/liars-of-our-time-no-27-lyse-doucet-i.html https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/colin-peacocke-defender-of-john-key-and.html Dan Eaton: journalist, thriller writer, intelligence bigwig by Jeremy Rose, RNZ National Mediawatch, 22 Dec. 2019 Dan Eaton is the author of No White Lies - a thriller involving a kidnapping, spies and dodgy journalism. He's also a former national affairs editor of The Press and the recently appointed director of National Security Policy at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. ..... Eaton said he was never approached by spy agencies to work for them during his time as a journalist but there's plenty of documented cases of that happening in the past. "Over the years journalism has been perfect cover – an excuse to be anywhere at any time." But while journalists being recruited by spy agencies may be a thing of the past he is concerned that journalists could be unwittingly helping the intelligence agencies of foreign powers. He points to a New York Times article from last year - "When Spies Hack Journalism" - that explored how security services of foreign powers were behind hacks that were then leaked to journalists. "Journalists are set up to be manipulated or co-opted willingly or otherwise," Eaton said. "There’s a risk they will become de-facto servants of a foreign intelligence agency." As a former journalist working in the defence area what would he do if he came across information that was clearly in the public interest but was being withheld for political reasons? “In my experience so far… I haven’t found myself in that situation. I’ve been a public servant for 10 years and to be honest I don’t expect to." He said in his view current whistle-blowing legislation provided enough safeguards to protect those with legitimate concerns. "Conspiracies really appeal to the human brain. Conspiracies have an enormous draw and that’s why they’re the basis of so many good novels and that’s why as a novelist I love them." But the truth, Eaton said, is usually far more mundane. "Journalists finding themselves trying to connect the dots between a couple of juicy disparate bits of information should err on the side of bureaucratic stuff up or human error over grand conspiracy." ...... https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018726249/dan-eaton-journalist-thriller-writer-intelligence-bigwig |
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