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'U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is blocking America's
closest intelligence allies from receiving updates on Russia-Ukraine peace
talks in a shock move that upends decades of tight cooperation.
That effectively cuts America's Five Eyes partners — the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand — out of the loop, stunning the intelligence
community that has relied on the network since the end of World War II.
In a July 20 directive signed by Gabbard, reported by
CBS, the U.S.
intelligence community was given orders to classify all analysis and
information related to the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations as "NOFORN," or no
foreign dissemination, meaning the information cannot be shared with any other
country or foreign nationals.
While it carved out exceptions for diplomatic channels and battlefield
intelligence for Ukraine, it strikingly excludes sharing from the Five Eyes
intelligence alliance, one of the closest spy networks in the world.
"When you talk about Five Eyes, you're talking about a lot of integrated
systems and capabilities," said Philip Davies, director of the Brunel Centre
for Intelligence and Security Studies in London.
Davies added that there has been a lot of speculation that sharing with the
U.S. is being dialed down by the other four members because of "the vagaries of
the Trump administration."
The move by Gabbard is the second major curb on intelligence-sharing by
President Donald Trump's administration this year. In March, the U.S. abruptly
cut Kyiv off in a bid to pressure Ukraine into talks with Russia. That move
rattled Europe’s spy chiefs, who quickly convened in Paris to ramp up their own
support to Ukraine — including beefing up intelligence from European
satellites.'
Via Joerg Fliege.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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