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> The UK is part of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance and as such has no real need to spy on the US president. Because belonging to the "five eyes" means t
by Udik 7y ago
> The UK is part of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance and as such has no real need to spy on the US president.
Because belonging to the "five eyes" means they get to hear the official and private conversations of Trump for free?
And since the answer is "no, of course not" your argument is completely irrelevant.
- nradov 7y agoYou missed the point. If the UK gets caught spying on the US president then they're out of Five Eyes. That would be a much greater loss than anything they could gain through such spying. Germany has much less to lose.
- Udik 7y agoAnd Israel has nothing to lose from the US? (Apart from the fact that you're obviously trying to change what you said here, as you wrote "the UK has no need to spy".)
- partialrecall 7y ago> "And Israel has nothing to lose from the US?" Honestly? Probably not. Obviously they get a lot from the US, but given past outcomes what are the chances they lose that support no matter what they get caught doing? A huge proportion of Americans have an unflinching fondness for Israel. For some evangelicals, support for Israel is even seen as a religious imperative.