US Ambassador To Canada Confirms It Was Intelligence From The Five Eyes Partners That Helped Canada Link India To Sikh's Killing

 

CTV News: 'Shared intelligence' from Five Eyes informed Trudeau's India allegation: U.S. ambassador 

There was "shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners" that informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public allegation of a potential link between the government of India and the murder of a Canadian citizen, United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen confirmed to CTV News. 

 In an exclusive interview on CTV's Question Period with Vassy Kapelos airing on Sunday, Cohen confirmed "there was shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners that helped lead Canada to making the statements that the Prime Minister made." 

On Monday, Trudeau informed the House of Commons in a rare statement on a matter of national security that Canadian intelligence agencies were investigating "credible allegations" that agents of the Indian government were involved in the June death of prominent Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C.  

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 US Ambassador To Canada Confirms It Was Intelligence From The Five Eyes Partners That Helped Canada Link India To Sikh's Killing  

Shared intelligence from Five Eyes informed Trudeau's India allegation, CTV News reports -- Reuters  

US diplomat says intelligence from ‘Five Eyes’ nations helped Canada to link India to Sikh’s killing -- AP 

US envoy confirms Canada received intelligence from Five Eyes partners before Trudeau went public with allegations against India -- The Tribune  

Shared intel behind Trudeau’s statement on Nijjar killing: US envoy -- Indian Express

Taiwan's National Security Director Says It Has 'Real Time' Five Eyes Links

 

Taipei Times: Taiwan has ‘real time’ Five Eyes links 

Taiwan maintains “real-time” intelligence sharing with the Five Eyes alliance of the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) said yesterday.

Tsai made the remark during a legislative session in Taipei after a lawmaker asked if Taiwan had such exchanges with the group.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Charles Chen (陳以信) said he had discovered that the NSB had been upgrading its computer equipment last year and this year “to the level of those used by intelligence units in foreign countries.” 

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Update #1: Taiwan drills to focus on piercing blockade, get 'Five Eyes' intelligence link (CNA/Reuters)  

Update #2: Taiwan Now Has ‘Real Time’ Intelligence Sharing Link With Five Eyes (Antiwar.com) 

WNU Editor: The West and Taiwan are no longer hiding their military ties and commitments. One can now say the same thing about intelligence ties and commitments.

The Head Of Australia's Intelligence Agencies Says The Five-Eyes Focus Is Now On China

 

ABC News Australia: Australian Secret Intelligence Service boss Paul Symon says Australian agencies will be busier as focus shifts to Indo-Pacific 

The nation's overseas spy chief has warned that Australian intelligence agencies are likely to face heavier responsibilities as Western nations grapple with an increasingly assertive and powerful China. 

The director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Paul Symon, who is due to retire shortly, gave a wide-ranging speech to the National Security College in Canberra earlier this week. 

Mr Symon said that during the Cold War the "batting order" among Western intelligence agencies was clear, with the United States taking the lead, followed next by the United Kingdom, and then Canada and Australia after that.  

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WNU Editor: Director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Paul Symon, makes it very clear in the above video that China is now the focus for the Five-Eyes intelligence organization.

Five Eyes: Is The Five Eyes Alliance In Trouble Over China?

The Five Eyes group has successfully shared intelligence between Western powers for decades  

BBC: Five Eyes: Is the alliance in trouble over China? 

The Five Eyes alliance is an intelligence-sharing arrangement between five English-speaking democracies: the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 

It evolved during the Cold War as a mechanism for monitoring the Soviet Union and sharing classified intelligence. It is often described as the world's most successful intelligence alliance. But recently it has suffered an embarrassing setback. 

Four of the members have jointly condemned China's treatment of its Uyghur population in Xinjiang province. They have also expressed concern over China's de facto military takeover of the South China Sea, its suppression of democracy in Hong Kong and its threatening moves towards Taiwan, which China has vowed to "take back" by 2049. 

One country, though, has opted out of confronting China: New Zealand.  

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WNU Editor: New Zealand wants it both ways. It wants to be a part of the Five Eyes alliance, but it does not want to condemn China for its human rights violations. 

 More News On Five Eyes  

Five Eyes glare at New Zealand over independent China stance -- Nikkei Asian Review  

New Zealand Criticized for 'Five Eyes' Alliance Stance on China -- VOA  

Australia, New Zealand disagree over role of Five Eyes intelligence pact as China tensions grow -- The Straits Times 

New Zealand’s stance on China has deep implications for the Five Eyes alliance -- The Guardian

Beijing Warns Five Eyes That An ‘Irritated’ China Would Be ‘Difficult To Handle’

RT: ‘You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry’: Beijing warns Five Eyes that an ‘irritated’ China would be ‘difficult to handle’ 

The Chinese foreign ministry has called on the nations of the Five Eyes alliance to enter the 21st century and stop viewing Beijing as the Qing Dynasty, after the allied countries successively accused China of human rights abuses. 

Speaking at a regular news conference on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged the nations of the Five Eyes alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US) to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. 

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  WNU Editor: These remarks were made at today's Chinese Foreign Ministry press conference .... Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on March 24, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The People's Republic of China)

Will India Join The Five Eyes

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) speaks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during a meeting in New Delhi on October 27, 2020. Photo: PIB / AFP 

MK Bhadrakumar, Asia Times: India-US intel deal may presage ‘Sixth Eye’ 

Indian analysts view the BECA as a matter of defense cooperation, but there is a parallel track involving the Five Eyes alliance. India and the United States on Tuesday signed an intelligence-sharing agreement during the “2+2” security dialogue between their foreign and defense ministers in New Delhi. 

The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) is expected to provide India with access to the United States’ geospatial maps and satellite images that would help enhance the accuracy of weapons and drones. This is seen as a “force multiplier” for the Indian armed forces. Everything has been handled in such a hush-hush manner that the public at large has no clue as to what is afoot. Some military analysts caution that the new grid gives the US access to highly sensitive nerve centers of defense planning and operations in the Indian military establishment. 

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WNU Editor: It s going to take a long time before India joins the Five Eyes. But this intelligence agreement between the U.S. and India is a start.

Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance May Be Expanded To Include Japan And Be Focused On China

The Guardian: Five Eyes alliance could expand in scope to counteract China

Plans mooted to pool strategic resources and lessen west’s dependency on China

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance could be expanded to include Japan and broadened into a strategic economic relationship that pools key strategic reserves such as critical minerals and medical supplies, according to centre-right MPs working internationally to decouple the west from China.

The coronavirus crisis has revealed the west’s key strategic dependencies on China, and plans will be announced shortly under Five Eyes auspices for a major increase in production of rare and semi-rare metals from Australia, Canada, and America in order to reduce dependency on Chinese stocks.

Critical minerals, known as rare earth elements, are the key components in a wide range of consumer products including mobile phones, laptops and TVs, and have widespread defence applications in jet engines, satellites, lasers and missiles. On average, China has accounted for more than 90% of the global production and supply of rare earths during the past decade, according to the US Geological Survey.

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WNU Editor: China makes no bones about it. They see the Five Eyes as a threat .... Beijing fires first shot against Five Eyes; more measures expected if situation continues escalating (Global Times).

'Five Eyes' Western Intelligence Dossier Claims China Lied About Human-To-Human Transmission And Refused To Help Other Countries To Prepare A Vaccine

The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Picture: Hector Retamal/AFP

Daily Mail: Bombshell 'Five Eyes' Western intelligence dossier claims China lied about human-to-human transmission, 'disappeared' whistle-blowers and refused to help other countries prepare a vaccine for coronavirus

* A leaked 15-page dossier from the 'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance says China's secrecy over the pandemic is an 'assault on international transparency'
* The US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand intelligence agencies have exposed a series of cover-ups
* It claims Five Eyes found a 'deadly denial of human-to-human transmission'
* Researchers who tried to raise the alarm have been silenced or disappeared and evidence of the outbreak was destroyed, it adds
* Report shows China refused to hand over virus samples to develop vaccines and censored its internet
* China also allegedly censored virus news on search engines from December
* The leaked files show the nations have evidence the virus was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology

China lied about the human-to-human transmission of coronavirus, made whistle-blowers disappear and refused to help nations develop a vaccine, a leaked intelligence dossier reveals.

The 15-page document drawn up by the Five Eyes security alliance brands Beijing's secrecy over the pandemic an 'assault on international transparency' and points to cover-up tactics deployed by the regime.

It claims that the Chinese government silenced its most vocal critics and scrubbed any online scepticism about its handling of the health emergency from the internet.

China has roundly come under fire for suppressing the scale of its early outbreak which did not afford other nations time to react before the disease hit their shores.

Five Eyes - the pooling of intelligence by the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - laid bare its scathing assessment of the Xi Jinping administration in a memo obtained by the Australian Saturday Telegraph.

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WNU Editor: I know about the Chinese government's lie on "human-to-human" transmission and whistle blowers disappearing. I also read that they were refusing to help other countries to develop a vaccine. Now it looks like that refusal to help is confirmed. This Daily Telegraph report is a must read .... Coronavirus NSW: Dossier lays out case against China bat virus program (Daily Telegraph).

More News On the Leaked Five Eyes Intelligence Report Outlining How China Deceived The World About Covid-19

Leaked Western intel dossier reveals how China deceived the world about coronavirus -- FOX News
China lied about origin of coronavirus, leaked intelligence report says -- NYPost
BOMBSHELL: Five Eyes Dossier Leaks On China’s Alleged Coronavirus Cover-Up, Contains Damning Revelations -- Daily Wire

Update: It appears that yesterday's report that the U.S. intelligence community does not believe the Covid-19 coronavirus originated from a lab in Wuhan .... U.S. Intelligence Agencies Says Coronavirus Is Not 'Man-Made Or Genetically Modified' .... are false.

A Senior Intelligence Source tells me there is agreement among most of the 17 Intelligence agencies that COVID-19 originated in the Wuhan lab. The source stressed that the release is believed to be a MISTAKE, and was not intentional.

— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) May 2, 2020

Will Britain Be Frozen Out Of The 'Five Eyes' Intelligence Alliance If Jeremy Corby Wins?

Fears have been raised that Britain could be frozen out of the 'Five Eyes' spy alliance if Jeremy Corbyn (pictured campaigning in Telford today) becomes PM

Daily Mail: Jeremy Corbyn 'will put national security at risk': Spies fear UK could be frozen out of Five Eyes alliance amid claims Labour leader's close aides will be BANNED from seeing top secret material over hard-Left links

* Election battle is gearing up after Parliament was formally dissolved last night
* Claims intelligence sharing with 'Five Eyes' could be hit if Jeremy Corbyn is PM
* Boris Johnson compared Labour leader to Stalin as he prepares campaign launch

Fears have been raised that Britain could be frozen out of the 'Five Eyes' spy alliance if Jeremy Corbyn becomes PM.

Concerns are mounting in Whitehall that the flow of intelligence sharing between the UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand could dry up due to a lack of trust in the Labour leader.

Mr Corbyn has been accused of undermining the Trident nuclear deterrent - which Labour in theory is meant to back - by admitting he would never use it.

There are also claims that Mr Corbyn's closest aides could be blocked from seeing top secret material in Downing Street due to links with Russia and the hard Left.

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Update #1: FIVE EYES SHUT Intelligence services and Foreign Office ‘fear Jeremy Corbyn would risk national security’ if he wins election (The SUN)
Update #2: UK Intelligence and Foreign Office Fear Corbyn Would Risk National Security If Becomes PM – Reports (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: I doubt that Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party will win a majority when British voters go to the polls in December. But on the odd chance that he does win a majority, a lot of things will be changing in the U.K., and the U.K.'s position in the Five Eyes will be one of them.

Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance Now Includes Germany And Japan

Reuters: Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China

BERLIN (Reuters) - The five nations in the world’s leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China’s foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the year, seven officials in four capitals said.

The increased cooperation by the Five Eyes alliance - grouping Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States - with countries such as Germany and Japan is a sign of a broadening international front against Chinese influence operations and investments.

Some of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, said the enhanced cooperation amounted to an informal expansion of the Five Eyes group on the specific issue of foreign interference.

While China has been the main focus, discussions have also touched on Russia, several said.

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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. Five Eyes is going to expand to include a number of other countries beyond just Germany and Japan.

‘Five Eyes’ Governments Threatening Tech Giants To Build Encryption Backdoors For Access

Tech Crunch: ‘Five Eyes’ governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors — or else

A pact of five nation states dedicated to a global “collect it all” surveillance mission has issued a memo calling on their governments to demand tech companies build backdoor access to their users’ encrypted data — or face measures to force companies to comply.

The international pact — the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, known as the so-called “Five Eyes” group of nations — quietly issued the memo last week demanding that providers “create customized solutions, tailored to their individual system architectures that are capable of meeting lawful access requirements.”

This kind of backdoor access would allow each government access to encrypted call and message data on their citizens. If the companies don’t voluntarily allow access, the nations threatened to push through new legislation that would compel their help.

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WNU Editor: I am surprised that these intelligence agencies do not have this access already. The rise of the surveillance is unfortunately a given, and private communications will inevitably be the casualty from this rise. I lived through it in the Soviet Union, and I probably will live through it in the West, albeit in a more sanitized manner.

Former CIA Analyst: New Zealand Should Be Kicked Out Of The Five Eyes Alliance Over It's 'Close Links' With China

The Five Eyes spy base in Waihiopai. Photo credit: File

The Guardian: New Zealand's Five Eyes membership called into question over 'China links'

US analyst says both major political parties have links to China’s Communist party amid fears over the growing influence of Beijing

The New Zealand government’s relationship with China has come under the spotlight after a former CIA analyst in the US said the nation’s participation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance needs to be reconsidered.

Giving testimony to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission , Peter Mattis said Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party had accepted money from donors with links to the Chinese Communist party, while former prime minister Bill English had routinely briefed a National MP who was revealed to have worked at an institution that trained Chinese spies.

“Australia and New Zealand both face substantial problems with interference by the Chinese Communist party,” Mattis told the hearing.

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Update: Former CIA analyst says New Zealand should be kicked out of Five Eyes alliance (News Hub)

WNU Editor: When the political leadership in your government is accepting donations from Chinese Communist linked organizations/peoples/companies .... you got a problem.

President Trump's Tweets And Behavior Has Not Hindered The 'Five-Eyes' Intelligence Agreement

Levi Maxey, Cipher Brief: Five Eyes Intel Sharing Unhindered By Trump Tweets

While President Donald Trump’s tweets at times unnerve America’s closest allies, especially those that attack U.S. intelligence and law enforcement, the “Five Eyes” network of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand continues to share intelligence almost as one nation. The intelligence relationship arguably provides stability and reassurance that Washington’s national security apparatus remains on watch against transnational threats such as cyber insecurity and a resurgent Russia, despite U.S. turmoil with investigations over alleged connections between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. The recent coordinated attribution of the disruptive NotPetya campaign to Russia by all Five Eyes partners suggests such sharing is still going strong.

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WNU Editor: No one leader can disrupt this arrangement. There is too much at stake if this arrangement is altered.

Intelligence Chiefs Of The World's Top Spy Agencies Are 'Secretly' Meeting In New Zealand This Weekend

The ski resort of Queenstown in southern New Zealand was the focus of increased air traffic as intelligence chiefs from five nations converged. STEFAN WERMUTH / REUTERS

New Zealand Herald: Revealed: The 'very, very important' people coming to NZ

The highly secretive meeting being held in Queenstown this weekend is a gathering of intelligence and security agencies related to the Five Eyes spying network, the Herald understands.

Among the people believed to be attending are Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Mike Pompeo.

It is understood about 15 agencies which carry out intelligence for Five Eyes - the spying partnership of the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand - are attending the conference.

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More News On This Weekends' Meeting Of Intelligence Chiefs In New Zealand

World's top spy agencies to hold secret Five Eyes meeting in New Zealand -- IBTimes
CIA, FBI directors heading to secret spy alliance meeting in New Zealand: Report -- Washington Examiner
A highly secretive meeting being held this weekend, is a gathering of intelligence and security agencies -- News.com.au/NZHerald
FBI, CIA bosses to descend on Queenstown for Five Eyes meeting -- News Talk ZB
‘Five Eyes’ international spy network meets to discuss global tensions -- The Times