If Hit & Run is accurate and what Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson have written is true, then there has been a massive deceit of the New Zealand public. If true, it should spell the end of the Special Air Service's aura of secrecy because - again if true - it has been so badly misused that it cannot be allowed to continue. Hager and Stephenson say they don't know what he knew - they say he may have been misled into giving the assurances he did. Citing operational secrecy, the NZ Defence Force has given no index-filled, tabulated and sourced accounts of their activities. It is essential for the health of our military and the trust it needs from the public to find the truth.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 21, 2017 15:56 UTC