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Five Eyes is the mechanism for intelligence sharing between countries. Domestic surveillance, if it occurs, is not inherently part of that framework.
by throwawayq3423 1y ago
Five Eyes is the mechanism for intelligence sharing between countries. Domestic surveillance, if it occurs, is not inherently part of that framework.
- throwawayq3423 1y agoAnd ironically, one of the reasons why Five Eyes was so valuable is that it allows spy agencies that are banned from domestic surveillance from surveilling their own allies and then sharing the results, or at the very least sharing intel they've received elsewhere.
- OutOfHere 1y agoSnitching on each other's citizens, thereby illegally engaging in domestic surveillance of one's own citizens, absolutely is an integral part of it.
- throwawayq3423 1y agoThe Germans would have loved intelligence on the Hamburg cell planning 9/11. It wouldn't have just been a benefit to them.