This is an interpretation I haven't seen before, so thanks for broadening my understanding. But the intent of the agreement doesn't appear to agree with some of

This is an interpretation I haven't seen before, so thanks for broadening my understanding. But the intent of the agreement doesn't appear to agree with some of the ways we know it's been used, especially since 2007 and between the UK and US. US offers the UK information on its own citizens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-d... Pre-2007: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-... UK taps undersea cable to listen to US-UK communications (not sure whose laws/sovereignty are not being violated here): http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE95K10620130621 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/uk-usa-security-bri... Edit: On topic with the OP, though, Australia happily spies and divulges information on its own innocent citizens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-austr...