Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country that Donald Trump has threatened to annex

  • @TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    10721 days ago

    Don’t threaten us with a good time. Snowden’s leaks unveiled just how shady and corrupt this agreement is.

    Also does the US even have an intelligence sector any more? Or have they all been fired and replaced with toe-sucking morons?

      • @dankm@lemmy.ca
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        20 days ago

        Can’t, sorry, I’m sure the Prime Minister would be removed again by your Governor-General if you tried :/

  • @athairmor@lemmy.world
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    10621 days ago

    I’d hazard to guess that they got wind that other four are thinking of kicking out the USA and are trying to get ahead of it.

    The Five Eyes are supposed to be a bulwark against Russia and, later, terrorists. Now that the USA is aligning with Russia, sharing intel with them doesn’t seem like such a good idea.

    • @Hugin@lemmy.world
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      6721 days ago

      Most members aren’t allowed to spy on their own citizens without things like warrants. So they spy on the other members citizens and then share the info.

      It’s basically a way around citizen rights.

      • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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        420 days ago

        So the question becomes, like so many others, are the benefits worth the risks? Being able to collect information on your citizens without saying you do by helping closely aligned countries do the same appears to have been worth the risk to the leaders of those (and other) countries. Doing that while also providing info about your allies to someone who isn’t considered an ally or who they may be wary of is a different proposition.

        I’d be happier if a lot of things could happen, including spying on your neighbors, or engaging in quid pro quo to provide a fig leaf on the idea of spying on your own citizens, but I imagine that isn’t going to happen for a good long while.

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      Oh that was happening the second Trump used Putin’s exact lines about the Ukraine war and put a person in charge of our intelligence that’s widely seen as a Russian asset.

      This will just make it happen faster.

  • @TraipsersWill@lemmy.world
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    4221 days ago

    US intelligence agencies are now entirely compromised by the actions of Don QHoaxer de la Maga. Any data received by them will be swiftly traded off to unfriendly powers, while any data from them will be so riddled with disinformation as to be useless.

    • @Grimpen@lemmy.caOP
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      1021 days ago

      Not even getting good value in trade. Just get dinner at Mar A Lago, and use the bathroom in back of the jacuzzi or whatever.

    • And even when Trump is gone, the American people have shown their commitment to electing fascists so the USA should be considered untrustworthy for decades to come.

    • @Grimpen@lemmy.caOP
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      4321 days ago

      With Tulsi Gabbard as the US Director of National Intelligence, how much do we want to leak to Russia?

      • sunzu2
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        321 days ago

        Russia is our ally, they should have access to all the intel we have on Ukraine.

          • sunzu2
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            821 days ago

            I am joking but that’s how Tulsi sees the situation.

            Ukraine is about to be fucked over so hard that it will be a chapter in history books what happens when a smaller nation tries to stand tall and gets ganged up on by nuclear powers.

    • Voytrekk
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      1221 days ago

      Australia and New Zealand, who Russia doesn’t really care about.

      This president has been such a disgrace to the intelligence community.

        • @shirro@aussie.zone
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          21 days ago

          Australia and NZ are in a difficult position. From the day European’s arrived they have been aligned to the world’s dominant sea power. Both are remote and reliant on sea trade. I don’t know that we have the mental flexibility to change. More likely we will negotiate with the Whitehouse to get the best we can out of things under the circumstances. I wouldn’t expect major political parties here to publicly oppose Trump except on long established foreign policy like support of Ukraine. I wouldn’t mistake lack of protest with acceptance.

          The countries with the most self-interest in securing our sea trade are China, Japan and South Korea for their food, energy and raw materials, not the USA. US is a net exporter to us but a lot of it is financial, services/IP and I think their commitment is somewhat less than it was post WW2.

    • @meathorse@lemmy.world
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      521 days ago

      New plan: we all kick out the US and we’ll invite most of the rest of the friendly countries name it the one-hundred thirty-eyes and we’ll have blackjack and hookers.

        • @qaeta@lemmy.ca
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          119 days ago

          Every member except the US has the same head of state. Pretty sure that head of state isn’t going to kick out part of the commonwealth for a rebellious and unreliable colony.

  • Nougat
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    Nobody tell Little t that NORAD is a joint Canada-US operation.

      • Nougat
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        921 days ago

        If you truly know something which you are not allowed to speak publicly about, you may be in a position to “do something” with that information.

        Godspeed, and I hope I never hear about your exploits.

  • masterofn001
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    Don’t worry folk, we have more than enough experience at this.

    America’s intelligence gathering apparatus is essentially the creation of Canada.

    the first commandant was Lt. Col. Arthur Terence Roper-Caldbeck.[9] Colonel William “Wild Bill” Donovan, war-time head of the OSS, credited Stephenson with teaching Americans about foreign intelligence gathering.[6] The CIA even named their recruit training facility “The Farm”, a nod to the original farm that existed at the Camp X site.[10]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_X

    He is best known by his wartime intelligence code name, Intrepid. Many people consider him to be one of the real-life inspirations for James Bond.[1] Ian Fleming himself once wrote, “James Bond is a highly romanticised version of a true spy. The real thing is… William Stephenson.”[2]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson

    For further reading, check out the book, “A Man Called Intrepid”

  • 🇨🇦 holdstrong
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    1420 days ago

    On some level I’m glad he’s also going after Germany, Denmark, Ukraine etc. At least we’re not alone in this.

    • @qaeta@lemmy.ca
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      119 days ago

      That’s not really the purpose of Five Eyes. Sure it does that, but the main reason for it is to circumvent restrictions on spying on your own citizens. Instead they get someone else (like Canada) to spy for them and pass the info along.

    • @Grimpen@lemmy.caOP
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      720 days ago

      He’s gained valuable experience, he’s an integral member of Trump’s inner circle.

      • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        Navarro did not respond to requests for comment. After the FT’s article was first published, Navarro denied pushing the idea, which he said was “crazy stuff”. “We would never ever jeopardise our national security . . . with allies like Canada,” Navarro said.

        That is a full walkback if it was ever said originally. Doesn’t make it time to trust the US on anything, though.