Facebook - Finale episode - Frank Hardy

"Tonight's finale of PERSONS OF INTEREST is Frank Hardy.

Hardy's book Power Without Glory was the beginning of ASIO's war on Australian culture. Writers, artists, Filmmakers, folk singers and actors all became targets. "



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NT Police listen in to the tune of $1 million | Herald Sun

NT POLICE spent nearly $1 million listening in to Territorians' communications and accessed telephone and internet records more than 3000 times last financial year, according to a federal Attorney-General's Department report."



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Persons of Interest revives Cold War politics and the ASIO debate

The screening of the documentary series Persons of Interest on SBS, in which former targets of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) surveillance examine their files, has prompted some spirited public debate on the role of ASIO during the Cold War period in Australia."



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How East Timor made our new G-G | Sky News Australia

"But his springboard was East Timor where he gained enormous respect and affection as head of INTERFET, the multinational peacekeeping force during the country's traumatic transition to independence."



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GCHQ taught NSA how to monitor Facebook, Twitter in real time – Snowden leak — RT USA

"British intelligence officials can infiltrate the very cables that transfer information across the internet as well as monitor users in real time on sites like Facebook without the company's consent, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden."



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​NSA, GCHQ use phone apps to scoop user data — RT News

"The US National Security Agency and its UK counterpart, GCHQ, have the ability to harvest sensitive personal data from phone apps that transmit users’ data across the web, such as the extremely popular Angry Birds game."



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Leadership team – National Archives of Australia

"He left Business Synetics in 2002 to join ASIO as it was embarking on an extraordinary period of growth and change. For five years he held the position of CIO, driving innovation in technical infrastructure, analytical capability and digital information management. "



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Brandis moves to protect what Australia knew of Indonesian war crimes

"Federal Attorney-General George Brandis has moved to block the release of secret archives that would reveal the Australian government's knowledge of Indonesian war crimes in East Timor."



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