British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia

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Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.


The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance, which also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.

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[Phoenix61]

1. And this is why Twitler's Russia problem will not go away

He chose to play patty cake with a leader the entire world neither likes nor trusts. I'm sure his dealings with China are just as corrupt but the rest of the world doesn't watch China like they watch Russia. He really, really is an absolute idiot.

[whathehell]

2. I know a former Soviet citizen, an older man, who claimed

That, during the Cold War,at least,.the British spies were particularly good at what they did.