the twitter conversation during the airing of Persons of Interest (my best of selection)

Geoff Derrick ‏@geoffderrick
#personsofinterest insightful doco on @SBS Disgraceful to see that ASIO spied on ordinary Aussies' most personal moments.

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz
#Personsofinterest fetish for data in distinction to intel

Ben Lever ‏@Simbera
And how you don't ever get told that they've done it. You just get fired & maybe read about it in your file decades later #PersonsOfInterest

Ben Lever ‏@Simbera Interesting to see how closely ASIO interfered with people's job prospects if they suspected them off communist leanings #PersonsOfInterest

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #Personsofinterest by the mid 1960s ASIO had lost the plot. See influence of Angleton and Golytsin

News Australia ‏@NewsAustralia .@rupertmurdoch had Marxist sympathies at Geelong Grammar and Oxford. So why did ASIO let him take over newspapers? #PersonsOfInterest

Eleri Morgan-Thomas ‏@EleriMT 19mAppalling to listen and then record such a personal conversation! There's no security implications in a pregnancy #personsofinterest

Steve Raymond ‏@ste_ray What is concerning is that even those "of no interest" are still on file #personsofinterest #sbs

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #personsofinterest Baby boomers enrage commos!  Yep. That's how I remember it. #RockNRoll

News Australia ‏@NewsAustralia 26mRupert Murdoch in 1950s was interested in Communism and Marxism, even hung out with a few Commies. Where's his file ASIO? #PersonsOfInterest

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #personsofinterest Bendigo episode straight out of Get Smart

News Australia ‏@NewsAustralia There's probably a few dozen well paid ASIO agents monitoring reaction to #PersonsOfInterest on social media right now. #SBS

Eleri Morgan-Thomas ‏@EleriMT ASIO subscribed to Tribune! And sourced their intelligence there. Hmm maybe spying is easier then I thought #personsofinterest

Anne Brophy ‏@BrophyAnne Absorbing social and political history #PersonsofInterest on @SBS reflecting on ASIO files and their effects, with hindsight

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #personsofinterest ASIO were effective in the Petrov case Wally Clayton (Klod) was passing on info to Soviets

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #personsofinterest ASIO propaganda very shrill. I remember laughing at it.

Rita El Daghl ‏@RitaElDaghl Menzies calls communism the greatest conspiracy of his time. Modern Libs  call it global warming. #PersonsOfInterest #auspol

Animadverter ‏@ozkatz #personsofinterest greatest product of intel organisations is imaginary enemies.

Rita El Daghl ‏@RitaElDaghl F*ck these active dissidents are a scary bunch. Good thing ASIO was monitoring the truly 'bad' guys. #PersonsOfInterest

Regional Reverie ‏@regionalreverie I'm left wondering what was precisely the difference between ASIO and the Stasi. #PersonsOfInterest

Steve Raymond ‏@ste_ray Wonder how many Australians currently gave an ASIO file just for belonging to a political party or attending a rally #personsofinterest #sbs

Eleri Morgan-Thomas ‏@EleriMT Imagine reading ASIO's character critique of yourself some 40 years later #personsofinterest

d.b. valentine ‏@dbvalentine "This man is of no interest" #BoringGuy #PersonsofInterest

ΒLΔΚΚЯ ‏@blakkkr #PersonsOfInterest doco on #SBSONE is making library tech organs all tingly. ..

Tommy Carron ‏@Tommycarron Interesting Australian #ASIO spy footage being shown on @SBS TV now #Personsofinterest

webyter ‏@webyter 1h#Personsofinterest facing extra 3 hour wait to watch over here in WA

ASIO surveillance film

from Facebook, Persons of Interest - the asio files




"This is one of the very few ASIO surveillance films which has sound. The narration was added after the film was shot by an officer who identified as many of the 'persons of interest' who appear as possible. The film was then projected regularly for other ASIO officers so they got to know the people well. If they happened to come across any of these people in the course of the travels they would be able to identify them even though they may not have been that officer's target. Having worked with these films for a number of years now, I feel like I know the people personally and would be able to identify them myself." - Facebook Persons of Interest - the Asio Files