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It is true though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm I can't find a link for it but during Clinton's p

It is true though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm I can't find a link for it but during Clinton's presidency in the 90s he setup a government office to disseminate NSA collected economic intelligence to private US businesses. Edit: here's another example. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/15/world/emerging-role-for-the-cia-economic-spy.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/15/world/emerging-role-for-t...

greeneggs 8y ago
Neither of those links says that US intelligence agencies passed information to US companies, either. The first link says that US intelligence exposed bribes made by European companies. That seems good. The second link says that US intelligence gave US government trade negotiators useful info on foreign government negotiators. Seems valid.
- plugger 8y ago
  > Neither of those links says that US intelligence agencies passed information to US companies, either. From the first link: "But a report published by the European Parliament in February alleges that Echelon twice helped US companies gain a commercial advantage over European firms." Echelon = US intelligence. Some other quotes that support my comments. "two alleged instances of US snooping in the 1990s, which he says followed the newly-elected Clinton administration's policy of "aggressive advocacy" for US firms bidding for foreign contracts." Go and read Secret Power. After the conclusion of the cold war and before the war on terror US intelligence didn't have incredibly clear deliverables and the US had just come off a recession. Supporting the US in the global marketplace did become a priority for both the CIA and NSA, driven by Clinton. And yes, exposing bribes is good. But exposing bribes for personal profit? That's more debatable.
- AsyncAwait 8y ago
  It does, if you read it properly, but even assuming it doesn't for a second, the U.S. used to do this historically to European companies for sure, mostly in the 18/19th centuries[1]. Now it doesn't need to do it anymore, but China does because it is in the same position the US was 200 years ago, doing vert similar things and you somehow feel morally superior? 1 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too

greeneggs 8y ago

Neither of those links says that US intelligence agencies passed information to US companies, either. The first link says that US intelligence exposed bribes made by European companies. That seems good. The second link says that US intelligence gave US government trade negotiators useful info on foreign government negotiators. Seems valid.

plugger 8y ago
> Neither of those links says that US intelligence agencies passed information to US companies, either. From the first link: "But a report published by the European Parliament in February alleges that Echelon twice helped US companies gain a commercial advantage over European firms." Echelon = US intelligence. Some other quotes that support my comments. "two alleged instances of US snooping in the 1990s, which he says followed the newly-elected Clinton administration's policy of "aggressive advocacy" for US firms bidding for foreign contracts." Go and read Secret Power. After the conclusion of the cold war and before the war on terror US intelligence didn't have incredibly clear deliverables and the US had just come off a recession. Supporting the US in the global marketplace did become a priority for both the CIA and NSA, driven by Clinton. And yes, exposing bribes is good. But exposing bribes for personal profit? That's more debatable.
AsyncAwait 8y ago
It does, if you read it properly, but even assuming it doesn't for a second, the U.S. used to do this historically to European companies for sure, mostly in the 18/19th centuries[1]. Now it doesn't need to do it anymore, but China does because it is in the same position the US was 200 years ago, doing vert similar things and you somehow feel morally superior? 1 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/12/06/we-were-pirates-too