BREAKING NEWS: Kim Dotcom spy case

Dotcom wins right to have GCSB as defendant

The High Court has ruled that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom can pull the Government's spy agency into his legal case.

Radio New Zealand,

6 December, 2012

The United States is seeking to extradite Mr Dotcom, a German national with New Zealand residency, to face copyright infringement and money laundering charges.

His lawyer, Paul Davison QC, asked two weeks ago, for the Government Communications Security Bureau to be added as a defendant.

He said he could not be confident the bureau had revealed the full extent of its spying on Mr Dotcom and his co-accused.

Mr Davison asked for data that had been gathered, and also wanted to know if the bureau helped American authorities before New Zealand police were informed of the operation.

The Crown opposed this saying the spy agency had accepted it acted illegally and other information is likely to be top secret.

The Chief High Court Judge has granted Mr Davison's request and ordered the Crown to provide documents to the defence.