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Information Related to the "Black Lives Matter" Movement and Antifa

P Shaw made this Official Information request to New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

The request was partially successful.

From: P Shaw

Dear New Zealand Security Intelligence Service,

I would like to request any information held by NZSIS on the following:

1) Any document with reference to any one or more of the following terms; "Black Lives Matter" and "black lives matter".

2) Any threat assessment related to; "Black Lives Matter" or "black lives matter".

3) Any document with reference to any one or more of the following terms; "Antifascista", "Antifa", "antifa", and "ANTIFA".

4) Any threat assessment related to; "Antifascista", "Antifa", "antifa", and/or "ANTIFA".

5) Any document which includes any one or more of the following terms; "critical theory", "Critical Theory", "Critical Race Theory", and "critical race theory".

Yours faithfully,

P Shaw

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From: OIA Privacy
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Kia ora

 

Thank you for your message. We endeavour to respond to emails within one
working day.

 

Kind regards

NZSIS

 

 

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From: OIA Privacy
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Tēnā koe,

Thank you for your Official Information Act request.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 20 working days after the day that your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact [NZSIS request email].

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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From: OIA Privacy
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Kia ora,

Further to your request below, as it is currently worded it appears that determining whether there is relevant information that could be made available would require substantial collation and/or research, even with an extension of timeframe.

Before considering whether we may need to refuse your request under s18(f) of the OIA (information cannot be made available without substantial collation or research), in line with s18(B) of the OIA (consulting person if request likely to be refused under s18(f)) we invite you to consider whether your request could be specified with further particularity.

As a suggestion, you could refine your request to documents produced by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service or Combined Threat Assessment Group, and restrict it to a particular time-frame.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards
NZSIS

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From: P Shaw

Dear OIA Privacy,

Thank you for the timely reply to my request.

I am happy to significantly narrow the scope of the request to a specified time period and reduce the scope of the request in this instance. As I understand it, the NZSIS approved products list is classified so I cannot request a search narrowed to a particular intelligence product. In an effort to compromise, and further narrow the scope of this request, I am happy to narrow the scope of the request to any report produced/compiled by an Intelligence Analyst (or equivalent position/role).

Could I please then request the following information:

1) Any assessment with reference to "Black Lives Matter" or "black lives matter" complied or produced by an Intelligence Analyst (or equivalent position/role) over the period of 1st April 2020 to 1st August 2020.

I hope this circumvents the necessity to invoke s18(f) Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely,

P Shaw

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From: OIA Privacy
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Kia ora,

Thank you for refining your request. The current phrasing is particular enough that there will be no need to refuse under s18(f).

Kind regards
NZSIS

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New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Attachment P Shaw OIA response.pdf
1.0M Download View as HTML

Attachment 2020 06 17 Violence in London during UK protests 154 20 TA.pdf
756K Download View as HTML

Attachment 2020 06 02 Large scale protests continue across the US 147 20 TA.pdf
719K Download View as HTML

Kia ora

Please find attached a response to your OIA request.

Kind regards
NZSIS

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From: P Shaw

Dear OIA Privacy,

Thank you very much for your reply and providing the attachments, they are very insightful.

Yours sincerely,

P Shaw

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P Shaw left an annotation ()

I used the "Partially Successful" tag after being required to reduce the scope of the request to avoid the request being rejected under s18(f) Official Information Act 1982.

The reduced scope did return some information.

A follow up request has been submitted:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/17719-informa...

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