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Filipino Progressive Leaders Visiting Waihopai Spybase October 27th

Friday 22 October 2010, 5:54PM

By Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa

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The Waihopai spybase is currently in the news because the media shy agency which runs it, the NZ Government Communications Security Bureau, is suing for more than $1m damages the three Christian peace activists who were acquitted of criminal charges for their 2008 deflation of one its giant domes. They did that in protest at Waihopai’s vital role in the global network of spybases operating as the ears and eyes of the US war machine.

Waihopai’s primary role is to spy on our neighbours, particularly political groups which are deemed inimical to US interests. On the afternoon of Wednesday October 27th two leading figures of one such political movement in a neighbouring country will be visiting the Waihopai spybase (viewing it from the public road) to see for themselves New Zealand’s most important contribution to any and all American-led wars.

See below for details on Luis Jalandoni and Coni Ledesma and their NZ tour. For details on the Waihopai spybase see http://www.converge.org.nz/abc/waihopai09.html