Studeo
13th September 2010, 05:11
The NZ SIS failure to vet this guy has made this spy agency a laughing stock in the world spy community.
Studeo
Green MP Keith Locke has asked the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Justice Paul Neazor, to investigate the SIS's failure to spot a senior Defence Force official's history of fake CVs and tall tales when it cleared to see top secret documents.
Mr Locke said he wanted Justice Neazor to examine how Stephen Wilce was cleared to get the job as director of the Defence Technology Agency when there were serious concerns from previous employers and colleagues about his honesty and ability.
"The checks on Mr Wilce appear to have been inadequate, which is alarming for such a high security Defence position," Mr Locke said.
“I have asked the Inspector General, to investigate the vetting procedures in this case, because it might indicate a systemic failure within the SIS.
"From the outside, it looks as if the SIS needs to rebalance the use of its resources. The SIS may need to focus more on people working in jobs requiring top level security rather than monitoring home-grown political activists."
Mr Locke has been a leading critic of the SIS focus on political activists, and was outraged to discover the spy agency had kept a file on him open for several years after he became an MP in 1999.
The file was begun while Mr Locke was in his teens, and was apparently opened because of his parent's communist leanings.
Justice Neazor investigated the issue last year and said the practice of spying on MPs should be stopped.
Mr Wilce resigned last week after television show 60 Minutes revealed that he had made extravagant claims about his past, including being a decorated war hero, a former Olympic bobsledder and a member of Britain's MI5 and MI6 spy agencies. He had also told former colleagues he had played rugby against the All Blacks, and submitted questionable CVs.
It is unclear what he claimed in the CV he submitted for the agency job. His job immediately before it was heading a small Australian housing company.
Labour leader Phil Goff said he wanted the SIS's role examined, including why the service failed to unearth the string of former employers and colleagues of Mr Wilce's who had concerns about his honesty and ability.
Mr Wilce did not return calls.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4121352/MPs-want-answers-from-spy-agency
Studeo
Green MP Keith Locke has asked the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Justice Paul Neazor, to investigate the SIS's failure to spot a senior Defence Force official's history of fake CVs and tall tales when it cleared to see top secret documents.
Mr Locke said he wanted Justice Neazor to examine how Stephen Wilce was cleared to get the job as director of the Defence Technology Agency when there were serious concerns from previous employers and colleagues about his honesty and ability.
"The checks on Mr Wilce appear to have been inadequate, which is alarming for such a high security Defence position," Mr Locke said.
“I have asked the Inspector General, to investigate the vetting procedures in this case, because it might indicate a systemic failure within the SIS.
"From the outside, it looks as if the SIS needs to rebalance the use of its resources. The SIS may need to focus more on people working in jobs requiring top level security rather than monitoring home-grown political activists."
Mr Locke has been a leading critic of the SIS focus on political activists, and was outraged to discover the spy agency had kept a file on him open for several years after he became an MP in 1999.
The file was begun while Mr Locke was in his teens, and was apparently opened because of his parent's communist leanings.
Justice Neazor investigated the issue last year and said the practice of spying on MPs should be stopped.
Mr Wilce resigned last week after television show 60 Minutes revealed that he had made extravagant claims about his past, including being a decorated war hero, a former Olympic bobsledder and a member of Britain's MI5 and MI6 spy agencies. He had also told former colleagues he had played rugby against the All Blacks, and submitted questionable CVs.
It is unclear what he claimed in the CV he submitted for the agency job. His job immediately before it was heading a small Australian housing company.
Labour leader Phil Goff said he wanted the SIS's role examined, including why the service failed to unearth the string of former employers and colleagues of Mr Wilce's who had concerns about his honesty and ability.
Mr Wilce did not return calls.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4121352/MPs-want-answers-from-spy-agency