Adrian Leason, Peter Murnane and Sam Land were bailed from the Blenheim District Court this morning after almost one week in jail. They have non-association orders, are not to go within 100m of a defence facility, not to go to Marlborough except for court or lawyer and report to a Police station twice a week. They will appear in court for a pre-deposition hearing on 9th June.
On Wednesday the three entered the Waihopai spy base and used sickles to cut one of the two 30-metre white domes. Damage is estimated at $1 million. "We are responding to the Bush administration’s admission that intelligence gathering is the most important tool in the so-called War on Terror. This war will have no end until citizens of the world refuse to let it continue. The ECHELON spy network including Waihopai, is an important part of the US government’s global spy network and we have come in the name of the Prince of Peace to close it down. The base is funded by New Zealand tax payers and located on New Zealand soil which makes New Zealand a target through our association with the UKUSA intelligence cooperation agreement."
About 60 people attended a
demonstration of solidarity and support for the three men arrested for deflating the protective balloon covering the satellite at the Waihopai spy base last week in Wellington on Saturday.
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Ploughshares Penetrate Waihopai Base Deflate Satellite Dome |
Make tea, not war!
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Re: Ploughshares 3 get bail!
100M from a defence facility?
That means you can't fly out of Blenheim or into Christchurch. Was that intended?
And what is a 'facility'? Can they walk down Lampton Quay? As there are a few offices around there of interest.
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Re: Ploughshares 3 get bail!
million dollars in damage my arse! that works out to about $1 million dollars in red faces more than anything.
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Re: Ploughshares 3 get bail!
But the dudes from Pine Gap have an open book polict in OZ & told them in Jan08 Ploughshares would conduct an action around ANZAC day.
I say Waihopai are running an insurance scam, like leaving your car unlocked & keys in the ignition.
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Pretty sure CAFCA have published that already, never mind what Nicky Hagar has published.
Clarkie is doing yet another beat-up to make "mainstream NZ" think that nasty peace activists are costing the country tax dollars to clean up after them. Silly cow!