Ex-ambassadors give warnings over [UK] intelligence-sharing with US

c/world · u/breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca · 182 points

Four former British ambassadors to the United States have expressed concern about the future of intelligence sharing with the US following the re-election of Donald Trump.

Sir David Manning, who served as ambassador between 2003 and 2007, told a parliamentary committee some of Trump's appointees had "strange track records" which would create a "problem on the intelligence front".

Dame Karen Pierce, who only left the role last month, said intelligence sharing would continue "even if at the top level there might be things we might wish to be circumspect about".

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He said some of the people appointed by Trump to lead intelligence and security could "present some difficulties in terms of their view of us and views of co-operation".

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Comments

u/leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 points

>“strange track records”

They're obvious Russian assets...

>“problem on the intelligence front”

...who will pass on the names of all our spies and assignments to Putin...

>Intelligence sharing would continue “even if at the top level there might be things we might wish to be circumspect about”.

...so we're going to bullshit them and not tell them the important stuff.

u/adespoton@lemmy.ca · 24 points

Some people may need a British <-> English translator for all that.

In British, that’s some pretty scathing language.

u/MrNesser@lemmy.world · 10 points

Very cagey way of saying some of those people may be suspect in their loyalties and probably are russian agents

u/Saleh@feddit.org · 6 points

Good riddance. The 5 Eyes program need to be dismantled. circumventing civil rights by having your "friends" spy on your own ciitzens for you has been a despicable endeavor all along. And it should have been obvious to the involved politicians, that this kind of "honor amongst thieves" would only last as long.