The PM has announced the appointment of Professor Dr Joanna Kidman as one of the directors of the newly launched Centre of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism.
But…
And…
Sean says, “She has no expertise in internet or computer issues, no training in intelligence or security issues and the role she occupies was not advertised.”
One BFD commenter cited:
Joanna Kidman is a Maori sociology academic […] and as of 2019 is a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington.
Then asked: “How does she meet any of the stated capability requirements of this newly created agency?”
The answer provided cannot be printed, unfortunately.
And the professor has now protected her tweets.
Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD.