Allies plan to limit the exchange of intelligence from the United States – the media

Some US allies consider -the possibility of reducing the amount of intelligence, which they share in Washington due to the “soft” approach of the Donald Trump administration in Russia. This is reported to the knowledge of NBC News.

Allies are thinking of this step out of fear about the protection of foreign agents whose identity may not be accepted -accepted to be disclosed.

Each intelligence agency refers to its obligations to foreign agents as inevitable, which promises to ensure the safety of agents and hide their personalities. All those who threaten this obligation distract the confidence, former officials said, which may lead to some spy services to prevent from the exchange of information in Washington.

Resources said that allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and members of the SO intelligence alliance, study the possibility of changing the current reconnaissance exchange protocols, considering the hot relationship of the Trump administration in Russia.

“The United States has a sticky intelligence ability, and that is why there are such initiatives to exchange intelligence as five eyes,” Brian Hughes said in an email in an email.

Administration officials and some Republican lawmakers are protecting Trump’s actions against Russia as a tactic aimed at putting Moscow on the negotiation table and ending a peace agreement that will end in the war in European war.

Allies of the public ancient US reduce the importance of the problem. The United Kingdom, the most important US intelligence partner, said it did not plan to reduce intelligence cooperation in the United States.

Canada’s security and intelligence service states in his statement that he has a strong relationship with many US agencies, “long and stable and stable.”

The Israeli official also praised his union in the United States, saying that “the cooperation between Israel and the United States at all levels, including the exchange of the most important intelligence data, is as strong as before.”

However, some former US intelligence officials are concerned that the Trump administration may decide to reduce the intelligence collection aimed at Russia, as the United States will no longer consider Russia as the main threat.

Trump’s decision this week to suspend the help of intelligence in Ukraine, as well as military assistance increased the concern of allies. Kiev’s cooperation in the field of intelligence, formed since the first raid on Russia in Ukraine in 2014, has benefited both Washington and Kyiv, former officials said because Ukraine provided important information about Russia.

When deciding to reduce the exchange of intelligence information, allies in five eyes – Great Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – and other US partners need to consider the risks for their own national security in the event of a reduction in Washington cooperation.

Defense Minister Pete Hegset, that month, ordered the US Cybercards to stop offensive cyber surgery and information operations against Russia. It is unclear how long it will take.

For years, in particular, in the early days of Trump, Republican administrations and Democrats called Russia one of the most complex and dangerous threats of American cybersecurity.

Because Trump and his representatives repeat some Russian provisions about the war in Ukraine and it is clear that they are hoping to expand US relations along with Moscow, former intelligence officials said the administration could share some confidential information in Moscow.

As you know, the United States suspended the supply of weapons and the transfer of intelligence data for Ukraine.

France is ready to replace the United States on the issue of providing information on intelligence in Ukraine.