WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 11 (UPI) -- Files that Edward Snowden shared with a New Zealand newspaper have revealed the country's intelligence agency was spying on more than 20 Asia-Pacific nations, a system of mass surveillance that was created to support U.S. intelligence gathering in the region. The document, titled "NSA Intelligence Relationship with New Zealand" and classified as top secret, was created by a U.S. intelligence officer in charge of relations with New Zealand.
The country's Government Communications Security Bureau, or GCSB, was included in a spying alliance with the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, called "Five Eyes."