Worries arose among America's closest intelligence partners about how President Trump's behavior would impact shared secrets and operational ties. However, instead of withholding information, Five Eyes leaders, including Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, chose to support their American counterparts amidst political turmoil. The network's agencies, while occasionally disagreeing, consistently united against political interference, demonstrating their commitment to the alliance's integrity.
, America’s closest intelligence partners began to worry about how his behaviour would impact their secrets and other operational ties with Washington.
The NSA’s director, Admiral Mike Rogers, demonstrated that unity in mid-2017 after Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, repeated a baseless allegation that Britain’s signals intelligence service, the Government Communication Headquarters , had “wiretapped” Mr. Trump’s New York residence during his presidential campaign.
Canada’s former prime minister Jean Chrétien saw through the intelligence, opposed the Iraq invasion, and didn’t waver even after his political counterparts in the Five Eyes deployed combat or non-combat troops. That certainly helped distinguish Canada’s better judgment in the alliance, but there are numerous other reasons why the country stands out among its partner nations.
Very quickly, the partnership transformed spy warfare by evolving beyond its signals-sharing heritage to form a parallel – and yet unwritten – pact between its human-intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, including the CIA, MI5, FBI, the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service .
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