Illegal Surveillance Upsets Megaupload Case in N.Z.
This tosses a grenade into the prosecution's case as well as Kiwi politics
The Government Communications Security Bureau did not have a warrant to intercept communications in the lead-up to the raid on the Dotcom mansion in January.
Prime Minister John Key has revealed the GCSB was acting without his sign-off when it was working with police to locate people who were subject to arrest warrants.
He said he had not issued a warrant and was not briefed on the operation.
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