despite this enormous investment, there is not enough evidence to show the public that these programs are keeping Americans any safer – especially in the intelligence ...
Fortunately, America has wide-awake allies.
British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia
13 Apr 2017
Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.
GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.
Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.
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