clipped from: www.nzherald.co.nz Yesterday NZ First leader Winston Peters - who also had copies of emails - said the leak was from inside Dr Brash's office.
"I know that. So does Dr Brash. Going to the police and laying a complaint was an absolute fraud and a feint, he knew who the person was."
Dr Brash said Mr Peters' claims were "unadulterated crap".
Dr Brash said the finding helped nobody and was a warning for all MPs.
"I think when the Leader of the Opposition has computer emails stolen on a very large scale, no one in Parliament can feel secure. [The police] strongly implied the offence was by someone within Parliament. That means the culprits are either MPs' parliamentary staff, or Parliament's computer staff. As long as they don't find a culprit everyone is under suspicion."
"I believe the National Party used the allegations of theft, and thereby wasted police resources, to try to distract attention away from the serious revelations in the book."