Photo: NZ HeraldThe intelligence agency watchdog has flagged "significant concern" about how long the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has taken to respond to her about whether some of its activities were lawful. Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) Cheryl Gwyn has revealed her displeasure with the tardiness of the response in her office's annual report. In early 2015, Gwyn raised a serious issue about whether certain SIS activity was lawful and, if not, how that could be remedied. The NZSIS provided its first substantive response to the questions raised in March-April 2016," Gwyn wrote in the annual report, released today. As IGIS, Gwyn fulfils an independent watchdog role over the Government's two intelligence agencies, the SIS and Government Communications Security Bureau.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 03, 2016 00:34 UTC