![]() Kister was working for France's spy agency, the DGSE, which carried out an unprecedented mission to stop Greenpeace by bombing a peaceful protest ship without warning in the waters of a friendly nation. ![]() ![]() On July 10, 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was docked in Auckland on its way to protest against French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll, about 1200 kilometres southeast of Tahiti. "Thirty years after the event, now that emotions have subsided and also with the distance I now have from my professional life, I thought it was the right time for me to express both my deepest regret and my apologies," he said. In last night's Sunday programme, Kister - who spoke with his face uncovered in the hour-long interview - said he believed now was the right time to say sorry. No, I don't think justice was ever done, I think that's a ridiculous notion." Two people that were part of the team spent a year in jail in New Zealand. ![]() "I mean, someone was murdered in cold blood. The Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior sank in Auckland Harbour. ![]()
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