File photo: RNZ / Alexander RobertsonPolice were lauding their counterterrorism intelligence system shortly after the Christchurch mosque attacks - even though they knew parts of it were in a woeful state. Praise for 'success'Police praised their existing national system both sides of the mosque attacks. et police executives already knew the National Intelligence Centre and district intelligence units had a welter of problems. It foresaw the districts losing still further national security intelligence capability due to budget pressures. The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) also had a "severely" degraded intelligence system up till 2016, when massive extra spending began, according to the Royal Commission.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 27, 2021 21:11 UTC