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A document from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, published this week by German magazine Der Spiegel, describes a signals intelligence program called "Stateroom" in which U.S., British, Australian and Canadian embassies house surveillance equipment to collect electronic communications. Those countries, along with New Zealand, have an intelligence-sharing agreement known as "Five Eyes."
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Friday the allegations were deeply concerning and unacceptable.
"Countries may have capacities, technical capacities, to intercept and to carry out the activity that's been reported, and information may have been gathered," he told reporters in Perth, Australia, where he is attending a conference. "But the cost — in terms of trust, in terms of the damage — that may be resulting, is something that we must all reflect on."
It’s likely we will never know exactly what Canadian spies were allegedly doing snooping around in Brazil’s Ministry of Mining and Energy computers on behalf of the so-called Five Eyes — an intelligence alliance between the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Alleged Canadian spy leak may have caused major breach of U.S. info: report. 416 words.
A U.S. media outlet reported Tuesday that the suspected leak of military intelligence to Russia by a Canadian naval officer may have created a significant rift between Canadian and American security officials.
Manning 2.0? WikiLeaks-scale 'Russian spy' scandal blinds 'Five Eyes'
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The breech is said to have touched upon a system open to the so-called Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance between the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Formed after the World War II by the five English-speaking countries, it processes and shares signals intelligence they gather across the globe.
Person of interest
Bergoglio "had been a person of interest to the American secret services since 2005, according to Wikileaks”, it said.
The bugged conversations were divided into four categories: "leadership intentions", "threats to financial systems", "foreign policy objectives" and "human rights”, it claimed.
He said the two ministers were not suspected of being traitors, but Baroness Thatcher felt they disagreed with her over certain policy matters.
Margaret Thatcher wanted MI5 to spy on unions
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Brazil demands explanation over reports Canada spied on mine ministry
An outraged Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff demanded answers Monday after a media report alleged Canada electronically eavesdropped on the Brazilian mines and energy ministry in an act of industrial espionage. Canada, however, is saying little.
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The UK expelled a couple of Mossad guys from the UK on the back of the Dubai assassination; it was reported they used fake passports stolen from UK citizens, there was a short outrage, people got upset and then went to work again.
A clear crime is committed but because it's perpetrated by another nation state it cant be punished.
For spying to work at all there needs to be an element of surreptitious criminality and I think most people recognise this occurs ( if general public don't- politicians certainly do...).
If you are shocked at what Government authorise against each other (but keep secret from the taxpayer) you probably know about the work they outsource to the hundred or so fake companies in the world who are entirely staffed in key roles by former military and intelligence operatives.
Most of the stuff they do"in the name of the national interest" is so deniable the Governments that sponsoring/permits dare not even ask.
Wrabbit2000
A document from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, published this week by German magazine Der Spiegel, describes a signals intelligence program called "Stateroom" in which U.S., British, Australian and Canadian embassies house surveillance equipment to collect electronic communications. Those countries, along with New Zealand, have an intelligence-sharing agreement known as "Five Eyes."
"Five Eyes". Hmm.. That's one I personally hadn't heard before. Interesting.... Embassies though? 4 allied nation's worth of shells to house NSA listening centers along with the legit operations of any Embassy? Oh..my..goodness. I can only think a few Governments will be irate over this.
The tradition of intelligence sharing between NSA and its Second party partners has deep and widespread roots that have been cultivated for almost three quarters of a century. During World War II, the U.S. Army and Navy each developed independent foreign SIGINT relationships with the British and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These relations evolved and continued across the decades. The bonds, forged in the heat of a world war and tempered by decades of trust and teamwork, remain essential to future intelligence successes.
The March 5, 1946, signing of the BRUSA (now known as UKUSA) Agreement marked the reaffirmation of the vital WWII cooperation between the United Kingdom and United States. Over the next 10 years, appendices to the Agreement, some of which are included with this release to the public, were drafted and revised. These appendices and their annexures provide details of the working relationship between the two partners and also address arrangements with the other Second Parties (Australia, Canada, and New Zealand).
The UKUSA agreement, first called the BRUSA Agreement, was signed in March 1946 and continues to serve as the foundation for cooperation in signals intelligence between the two nations. The agreement was later extended to encompass former British Dominions: Canada (1948), Australia and New Zealand (1956). Collaboration in various areas of critical intelligence between each of the five partner-nations continues to the present day.
The January 2012 arrest of Canadian Sub-Lieutenant Jeffery Delisle for supplying Top Secret intelligence
to Russia reminded Canadians of Canada’s involvement in the Five Eyes intelligence community, the world’s
most exclusive intelligence sharing club that includes Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom
and the United States. This paper promotes further understanding of the nature and structure of the Five Eyes
intelligence community by reviewing three selected intelligence disciplines—signals intelligence (sigint), national
assessment, and defence intelligence.
The Five Eyes intelligence community grew out of twentieth-century British-American intelligence
cooperation. While not monolithic; the group is more cohesive than generally known. Rather than being centrally
choreographed, the Five Eyes group is more of a cooperative, complex network of linked autonomous intelligence
agencies, interacting with an affinity strengthened by a profound sense of confidence in each other and a degree
of professional trust so strong as to be unique in the world.
The paper suggests that, given Canadian foreign policy initiatives and evolving strategic security threats, not
only must Canada maintain credible and valuable intelligence support to its partners, the Five Eyes intelligence
community as a whole must remain integrated, effective and dominant.