According to peace activist Maire Leadbeater, John Kennedy passed information on left-wing groups like the Philippines Solidarity Group to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, the country's main domestic intelligence agency.
He joined the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service in 1967, but he was already developing an interest in the business world and was soon acting as an employers' senior advocate with the New Zealand Employers' Federation.
He is currently director of the Security Intelligence Service.
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