Day 18 of the Special Extortion Operation
Trying to spin the halt in intelligence-sharing as merely an extortion tactic is not working.
Most read the cutoff as another obvious move by Trump to assist Putin defeat Zelenskyy.
Must allies assist him too?
#SpecialExtortionOperation #5EyesRoulette
Loose Eyes sink ships. #5EyesRoulette
Day 18 of the Special Extortion Operation
Trump officials say the halt in intelligence-sharing is a warning to the Ukrainians of the consequences of not cooperating with him.
Not particularly intended to help Putin defeat Zelenskyy
#SpecialExtortionOperation #5EyesRoulette
Discussion has largely moved from
- whether the US should be excluded to
- who should be included (Germany but not whole EU due to Putin-collaborators)
and how should this be done.
#auspol #nzpol #5EyesRoulette
Are reports of the "ban" on sharing credible? (As in, beyond the Daily Mirror?)
Have they been confirmed by the US or other governments?
What have they said and how do they feel about it?
#auspol #nzpol #5EyesRoulette
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There's been much discussion about whether Putin is now the primary beneficiary of global intel gathering. So many siloviki to monitor and contain, and they don't keep him fully briefed on their plans.
Some posts I've tagged #5EyesRoulette, but the topic deserves a serious international forum.
I'm a big fan of them both.
#5EyesRoulette
Right now St Petersburg must be struggling to process the bonanza of material directly collected from the US.
They will be triaging the backlog for years.
#5EyesRoulette
George Smiley: "There's going to be some... Redeployment... For those of you who choose to remain with the Service."
#5EyesRoulette
A "non-stop performative Idiocracy"
#auspol #5EyesRoulette #performativeidiocy
If Pine Gap stays in, is NZ required?
Or could it split with AUS+USA?
#auspol #5EyesRoulette #nzpol #CANZUK
Like Groucho Marx, I wouldn't want to be a member of an intelligence-gathering club that is sharing its product with the main subject of its surveillance.
#auspol #5EyesRoulette
Released convict and global supply chainsawer Peter Navarro wants to gouge Canada out of the the Five Eyes surveillance system.
What should the UK and Australia do?
#auspol #5EyesRoulette