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"Canada’s former spy chief has said the Trump administration’s attempts to
downplay the leak of top-secret attack plans is a “very worrying” development,
with implications for broader intelligence sharing among US allies.
On Wednesday, the
Atlantic magazine published new and detailed messages from
a group chat, including plans for US bombings, drone launches and targeting
information of the assault, including descriptions of weather conditions. Among
the recipients of the messages was a prominent journalist, who was
inadvertently added to the group.
“This is very worrying. Canada needs to think about what this means in
practical terms: is the United States prepared to protect our secrets, as we
are bound to protect theirs?” said Richard Fadden, the former head of Canada’s
intelligence agency. “Every country has experienced leaks, of varying severity.
The problem with this one is that it’s being generated at the highest levels of
the US government – and they haven’t admitted that it’s a problem.”
Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand have
for decades shared intelligence in a pact informally known as the Five Eyes.
But the leak of classified information is likely to put further strain on the
group as it weighs how seriously the current American administration takes the
handling of top secret information.
“When we have intelligence leaks, we admit it, we try to sort out what’s
happened and we try to fix it. One doesn’t get the impression today that the US
cabinet members will admit there’s a problem,” said Fadden, who also served as
national security adviser to Canada’s Conservative prime minister Stephen
Harper. “They’re just trying to clean it up from a political perspective. That
worries me.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
