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NSA paid British spy agency $100 mln in secret funds new leak
Published time: August 01, 2013 15:17
The NSA has made hush-hush payments of at least $100 million to Britains GCHQ spying agency over the past three years to influence British intelligence gathering operations. The payouts were revealed in new Snowden leaks published by The Guardian.
The documents illustrate that the NSA expects the UKs Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, to act in its interest, expecting a return on the investment, The Guardian said Thursday.
Redevelopments at GCHQs site at Bude in southwest England, which alone cost over $20 million, were paid for by the US National Security Agency. The facility intercepts information from transatlantic cables carrying Internet and communications information.
The revelations appear to contradict previous denials from British government ministers that GCHQ does the NSAs dirty work. In addition, the latest Snowden dossier details how British surveillance operations could be a selling point for the US.
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More at:
http://rt.com/news/nsa-pay-british-spy-agency-910/
Adding original source: The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden
Your tax dollars at work!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)wtmusic
(39,166 posts)and his detractors can go to hell.
Robb
(39,665 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)I have the deep suspicion that the NSA has merely colluded with allies like Great Britain to spy on each others citizens and exchange the information at will. By spying in this manner, NSA officials, the President and others can lie with complete confidence. They can say that the NSA is NOT spying on Americans. What they do not say is that the Brits are doing it for them.
chimpymustgo
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When GCHQ does supply the US with valuable intelligence, the agency boasts about it. In one review, GCHQ boasted that it had supplied "unique contributions" to the NSA during its investigation of the American citizen responsible for an attempted car bomb attack in Times Square, New York City, in 2010.
No other detail is provided but it raises the possibility that GCHQ might have been spying on an American living in the US. The NSA is prohibited from doing this by US law.
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)After 9/11 they caught the woman "with enough gas to blow up Ft. Knox."
Stomach gas, that is.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)or is it the other way around?
matthews
(497 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Then you bribe the Brits so the motive isn't "what's right" it's "how much?"
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Who'd have thought that Bush would get a 4th term?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....that would depopulate it...
intaglio
(8,170 posts)By John Pilger in "The New Statesman" 1988 and also unsourced stories published by "Private Eye" since about 1970
It is called Echelon has been running since at about 1962 but it replaced earlier, less comprehensive schemes. also signatories to the agreement are Australia, Canada, New Zealand. There are similar schemes in place in Spain, Germany, Japan, Korea and I believe India.
Yes, it needs removing, but it is not news.
GiaGiovanni
(1,247 posts)Based on the idea (now defunct) that American intelligence agencies couldn't collect intelligence from Americans, but that foreign governments could do so.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)GiaGiovanni
(1,247 posts)Lots of them I reckon.