This ‘theft’ was in the public interest, but people want the person prosecuted…are these the same people who wanted the guy who shot up the car of those burglars lets off?

I agree with that. I can see them releasing emails that would affect only Clark, but something that would affect Clark and Labour? Especially for years to come?

Nah, that’s just too much of a stretch.

Thought you needed a correction there sonic, wouldnt want you to come across as an idiot who doesnt think through things before posting.

Christ David, this is desperate. It was an inside job and you know it.

I agree, inside the IT Department. The only desperation here is you trying to paint some grand conspiracy within the Labour ranks. The last thing ANY National MP would want is confidential emails in the public domain as it would hurt the party too much. Imagine if Cullen leaked a huge proportion of Clarks emails to ‘get rid of her’. The amount of damage it would do to the party would far outway any gain Cullen could make.

At least you could put another d in diddums Dalley you doh brained communist queer.

“Look closer to home guys, the truth will set you free.”

Yes Dalley, I can’t wait for the book Absolute Power to reveal the truth you mashed spud brained lemon !!

Christ David, this is desperate. It was an inside job and you know it.

Re: Hagar’s liability for the crime of receiving, is it possible he avoids prosecution because of some aspect of constitutional or media law that is designed to protect free speech, whistleblowers or journalists? It’s such an obvious charge that surely the Police have got a reason for not following it up. Has any journo asked them why they haven’t?

Only leading members of the National Party had access to this stuff, you should all thank Hager for having enough principles not to reveal his source.

If so, surely the same applies to email. If it is sent to one or more named addressees, doesn’t the copyright remain the property of the sender?

And stealing copyright must be like stealing other property?

Are there any patent attorneys following this blog who can help?

I doubt very much it was Bill, or that it was John Key. Brian Connelly maybe, but he was already putting the knife into Brash’s front, why put it in his back as well?

The only story I have heard that even remotely sounds believable was the one of the aggrieved secretary/EA in Don Brash’s office. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Don was having all his e-mails printed and he read them that way – fits my picture of the man. Plenty of opportunity there. Not much to make noise about.

Nicky Hager definitely received something he wasn’t entitled to. Maybe that is appropriate as a “whistle-blower” or some such, but really out of the supposed reams of e-mails that he received he produced no smoking gun, no dirt really at all other than the normal goings-on in a political party. If we had a dump of all Helen Clark’s e-mails I very much doubt we’d find her to be squeaky clean either. Sooner or later those chickens will come home to roost – there is a hell of a lot of dirt surrounding the dying days of this government, and once they are out of power it will all come out. Clark has made plenty of enemies in the media with the way they have been managed – there are a lot of stories that were squashed for fear of upsetting her and losing all future access. Journalists want to tell those stories…

This party is entirely bereft of new ideas, all they can do so far is parrot all the policy they have already put in to force, and tax cuts, whuch National have been espousing for years.