Report: Target of NSA’s online surveillance identified

Published August 15, 2016 7:39pm ET



A suspected terrorist who was targeted by an infamous NSA surveillance program for monitoring online communications has been identified, and it turns out he was an innocent resident of New Zealand.

Tony Fullman was targeted from July through August 2012, according to a report published Sunday by Television New Zealand and The Intercept. The 47-year-old was suspected of participating in a plot to overthrow the military government in the island nation of Fiji, from which he had immigrated to New Zealand more than 20 years prior. He went again to the country from 2009-11 to work as CEO of the Fiji Water Authority.

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