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    The hilarity continues unabated..........

    The prime minister of New Zealand (he's a good friend of Leon Panetta, ya know) has been forced to apologise to Kim Dotcom for setting the NZ security agencies and the FBI on him, raiding his mansion (with SWAT teams no less), sticking him in jail, confiscating his property and freezing millions of dollars of his assets.

    Prime Minister John Key says he apologises to Kim Dotcom for what he has described as "basic errors" by the Government Communications and Security Bureau, but that has not stopped opposition parties from calling for a more detailed independent inquiry.In a media conference after the release of the report into unlawful monitoring of Mr Dotcom and an acquaintance, Mr Key said he was "appalled" at the agency, saying it had "failed at the most basic of hurdles."
    "Of course I apologise to Mr Dotcom, and I apologise to New Zealanders."
    He said New Zealanders were entitled to be protected by the law "and we failed to provide that protection to them."
    He said he was ultimately accountable for the GCSB and had made his displeasure clear to the current director of the GCSB Ian Fletcher, but it was up to him what he did.
    He said he did not believe any of the information collected had been passed onto the FBI, although information about the location of Mr Dotcom and his acquaintances was sent to police.

    He doubted it would be admissible in a Court.

    Mr Dotcom has tweeted his response to the apology extended by Mr Key:

    "I accept your apology. Show your sincerity by supporting a full, transparent & independent inquiry into the entire Mega[upload] case." [that Hollywood is whining about].
    But the game, as Kim Dotcom's tweet mercilessly shows, is nowhere near over.

    And, as one provincial newspaper put it:

    The lickspittle anxiety of New Zealand Government agencies to impress Kim Dotcom's would-be prosecutors in the United States has become more than a general national embarrassment
    The chances of NZ co-operating in the US war on terror, drugs, bottle-feeding, and whatever is its latest fad are diminishing fast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    The prime minister of New Zealand (he's a good friend of Leon Panetta, ya know) has been forced to apologise to Kim Dotcom for setting the NZ security agencies and the FBI on him, raiding his mansion (with SWAT teams no less), sticking him in jail, confiscating his property and freezing millions of dollars of his assets.



    But the game, as Kim Dotcom's tweet mercilessly shows, is nowhere near over.

    And, as one provincial newspaper put it:



    The chances of NZ co-operating in the US war on terror, drugs, bottle-feeding, and whatever is its latest fad are diminishing fast.
    Whatever..when we say "jump" your government says "how high?"...

    Just do as you're told and be quiet and everything will be fine...These are matters that exceed your knowledge and comprehension.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akula View Post
    Whatever..when we say "jump" your government says "how high?"...

    Just do as you're told and be quiet and everything will be fine...These are matters that exceed your knowledge and comprehension.


    Yes you may New Zealand. Yes you may.

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    Yet, strangely, we still ban your boats and are pulling our troops out of the quagmire you got us into into Afghanistan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    Yet, strangely, we still ban your boats and are pulling our troops out of the quagmire you got us into into Afghanistan.
    You "ban" our ships.LMAO...big deal..that's all window dressing by your government to make the citizens feel good about themselves..We could erase your country like swatting a fly.
    Go ahead and believe we're too scared of you to send our navy into one of your ports if we wanted to....because we've been "banned"..LMFAO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    Yet, strangely, we still ban your boats and are pulling our troops out of the quagmire you got us into into Afghanistan.
    Yeah, the Kiwis were pretty stupid to send their boys and girls on a wild goose chase. Stupid folks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akula View Post
    You "ban" our ships.LMAO...big deal..that's all window dressing by your government to make the citizens feel good about themselves..We could erase your country like swatting a fly.
    Go ahead and believe we're too scared of you to send our navy into one of your ports if we wanted to....because we've been "banned"..LMFAO
    Few Kiwis are aware that nuclear armed American submarines still ply their waters. Ohio class Trident boats are in NZ waters. It's a safe place from which to reach Chinese targets. There's nothing the Kiwis can do about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akula View Post
    You "ban" our ships.LMAO...big deal..that's all window dressing by your government to make the citizens feel good about themselves..We could erase your country like swatting a fly.
    Go ahead and believe we're too scared of you to send our navy into one of your ports if we wanted to....because we've been "banned"..LMFAO
    Well, look at the facts. No US naval ship has come here since 1984. Because we ban them.

    You can hardly deny the strategy hasn't worked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    Well, look at the facts. No US naval ship has come here since 1984. Because we ban them.

    You can hardly deny the strategy hasn't worked.
    Yes I know that. We already discussed the fact that you people are afraid of our modern technology so you "ban" it...LMAO.

    ..and go ahead and believe that we are too scared of you to send our navy any time we wanted...Go ahead and believe that your mighty navy..of 11 ships and 5 helicopters would be able to stop us...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akula View Post
    Yes I know that. We already discussed the fact that you people are afraid of our modern technology so you "ban" it...LMAO.

    ..and go ahead and believe that we are too scared of you to send our navy any time we wanted...Go ahead and believe that your mighty navy..of 11 ships and 5 helicopters would be able to stop us...
    But, but, but we are not Muslim.

    How will you square that away with the Chinese? Who own a fair bit of us and might get irritated that their investments are threatened by another escapade experience tells us the Americans can't win.
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