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The '''Five Eyes''' ('''FVEY''') is an [[Anglosphere]] [[intelligence assessment|intelligence]] alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/enterprise-capacity/chco/chco-related-menus/chco-related-links/recruitment-and-outreach/217-about/organization/icig-pages/2660-icig-fiorc|title=Five Eyes Intelligence Oversight and Review Council (FIORC)|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121051724/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/enterprise-capacity/chco/chco-related-menus/chco-related-links/recruitment-and-outreach/217-about/organization/icig-pages/2660-icig-fiorc|url-status=live}}</ref> These countries are parties to the multilateral [[UKUSA Agreement|UK-USA Agreement]], a treaty for joint cooperation in [[signals intelligence]].<ref name="fiveeyes1">{{cite web|last=Cox|first=James|title=Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community|url=http://cdfai.org.previewmysite.com/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf|publisher=[[Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute]]|date=December 2012|access-date=2016-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910204519/http://www.cdfai.org.previewmysite.com/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Five Eyes |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/thesaurus/toc.asp?id=37622 |publisher=[[United States Army Combined Arms Center]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105224/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/thesaurus/toc.asp?id=37622 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PKI Interoperability with FVEY Partner Nations on the NIPRNet |url=http://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?ID=3978 |publisher=[[United States Department of the Navy]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201113535/http://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?ID=3978 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Informally, Five Eyes can refer to the group of intelligence agencies of these countries.
The '''Five Eyes''' ('''FVEY''') is an [[Anglosphere]] [[intelligence assessment|intelligence]] alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/enterprise-capacity/chco/chco-related-menus/chco-related-links/recruitment-and-outreach/217-about/organization/icig-pages/2660-icig-fiorc|title=Five Eyes Intelligence Oversight and Review Council (FIORC)|website=www.dni.gov|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121051724/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/enterprise-capacity/chco/chco-related-menus/chco-related-links/recruitment-and-outreach/217-about/organization/icig-pages/2660-icig-fiorc|url-status=live}}</ref> These countries are party to the multilateral [[UKUSA Agreement|UK-USA Agreement]], a treaty for joint cooperation in [[signals intelligence]].<ref name="fiveeyes1">{{cite web|last=Cox|first=James|title=Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community|url=http://cdfai.org.previewmysite.com/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf|publisher=[[Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute]]|date=December 2012|access-date=2016-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910204519/http://www.cdfai.org.previewmysite.com/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Five Eyes |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/thesaurus/toc.asp?id=37622 |publisher=[[United States Army Combined Arms Center]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105224/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/thesaurus/toc.asp?id=37622 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PKI Interoperability with FVEY Partner Nations on the NIPRNet |url=http://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?ID=3978 |publisher=[[United States Department of the Navy]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201113535/http://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?ID=3978 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Informally, "Five Eyes" can refer to the group of intelligence agencies of these countries. The term "Five Eyes" originated as shorthand for a "AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US Eyes Only" ([[AUSCANNZUKUS]]) [[Classified information in the United States#Handling caveats|releasability caveat]].<ref name="fiveeyes2">{{cite web|last=Cox |first=James |title=Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community |url=http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204055230/http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-04 |publisher=[[Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute]] |date=December 2012}}</ref>


The origins of the FVEY can be traced to informal secret meetings during World War II between British and American [[Code Breakers|code-breakers]], before the US formally entered the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vucetic |first=Srdjan |date=April 2020 |title=CANZUK: Fantasy or potential reality?: CANZUK anyone? |url=https://issuu.com/diplomatonline.com/docs/diplomat_apr_2020/s/10404501 |journal=Diplomat & International Canada |issue=Spring 2020 |language=en-US |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421221724/https://issuu.com/diplomatonline.com/docs/diplomat_apr_2020/s/10404501 |url-status=live }}</ref> The alliance was formalized in the post-war era, specifically through the [[UKUSA Agreement]] in 1946. As the [[Cold War]] deepened, the intelligence sharing arrangement became formalised under the [[ECHELON]] surveillance system in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Five Eyes and the Perils of an Asymmetric Alliance – AIIA |url=https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/five-eyes-asymmetric-alliance/ |access-date=2021-03-08 |publisher=Australian Institute of International Affairs |language=en-US |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410233711/https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/five-eyes-asymmetric-alliance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was developed by the FVEY to monitor the communications of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Eastern Bloc]]; it is now used to monitor communications worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Asser |first=Martin |title=Echelon: Big brother without a cause?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=28 January 2014 |date=6 July 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125232105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm |archive-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A: What you need to know about Echelon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=28 January 2014 |date=29 May 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218051611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm|archive-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The FVEY expanded their surveillance capabilities during the course of the "[[war on terror]]", with much emphasis placed on monitoring the [[World Wide Web]]. The alliance has grown into a robust global surveillance mechanism, adapting to new challenges such as international terrorism, cyber threats, and regional conflicts.
The origins of the FVEY can be traced to informal, secret meetings during World War II between British and American [[Code Breakers|code-breakers]] that took place before the US formally entered the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vucetic |first=Srdjan |date=April 2020 |title=CANZUK: Fantasy or potential reality?: CANZUK anyone? |url=https://issuu.com/diplomatonline.com/docs/diplomat_apr_2020/s/10404501 |journal=Diplomat & International Canada |issue=Spring 2020 |language=en-US |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421221724/https://issuu.com/diplomatonline.com/docs/diplomat_apr_2020/s/10404501 |url-status=live }}</ref> The alliance was formalized in the post-war era by the [[UKUSA Agreement|UK-USA Agreement]] in 1946. As the [[Cold War]] deepened, the intelligence sharing arrangement was formalised under the [[ECHELON]] surveillance system in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Five Eyes and the Perils of an Asymmetric Alliance – AIIA |url=https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/five-eyes-asymmetric-alliance/ |access-date=2021-03-08 |publisher=Australian Institute of International Affairs |language=en-US |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410233711/https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/five-eyes-asymmetric-alliance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This system was developed by the FVEY to monitor the communications of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Eastern Bloc]]; it is now used to monitor communications worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Asser |first=Martin |title=Echelon: Big brother without a cause?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=28 January 2014 |date=6 July 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125232105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm |archive-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A: What you need to know about Echelon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=28 January 2014 |date=29 May 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218051611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm|archive-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The FVEY expanded its surveillance capabilities during the course of the "[[war on terror]]", with much emphasis placed on monitoring the [[Internet]]. The alliance has grown into a robust global surveillance mechanism, adapting to new domains such as international [[terrorism]], [[cyberattacks]], and contemporary regional conflicts.


The alliance's activities, often shrouded in secrecy, have occasionally come under scrutiny for their implications on privacy and civil liberties, sparking debates and legal challenges. In the late 1990s, the existence of ECHELON was disclosed to the public, triggering a debate in the [[European Parliament]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[United States Congress]] and [[British Parliament]]. Former [[NSA]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]] described the Five Eyes as a "[[Supranational union|supra-national]] intelligence organisation that does not answer to the known laws of its own countries".<ref name="ndr" /> [[2010s global surveillance disclosures]] revealed FVEY had been spying on one another's citizens and sharing the collected information with each other, although the FVEY nations maintain this was done legally. It has been claimed FVEY nations have been sharing intelligence to circumvent domestic laws, but only one court case in Canada has found any FVEY nation breaking domestic laws when sharing intelligence with a FVEYs partner.<ref name="guardian1" /><ref name="reuters1" />
The alliance's activities, often shrouded in secrecy, have occasionally come under scrutiny for their implications on privacy and civil liberties, sparking debates and legal challenges. In the late 1990s, the existence of [[ECHELON]] was disclosed to the public, triggering a debate in the [[European Parliament]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[United States Congress]] and [[British Parliament]]. Former [[NSA]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]] described the Five Eyes as a "supra-national intelligence organisation that does not answer to the known laws of its own countries".<ref name="ndr" /> [[2010s global surveillance disclosures]] revealed FVEY was spying on one another's citizens and sharing the collected information with each other, although the FVEY nations maintain this was done legally.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite web|first=James|last=Ball|title=US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 January 2014|date=20 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120033754/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data|archive-date=20 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reuters1" />


Five Eyes is among the most comprehensive espionage alliances.<ref name=AP2013>{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |last2=Dodds |first2=Paisley |date=17 July 2013 |title=5-nation spy alliance too vital for leaks to harm |url=https://apnews.com/article/8fbc07f0a0ed42b3bf6174f5ee826dbf |work=AP News |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421214258/https://apnews.com/article/8fbc07f0a0ed42b3bf6174f5ee826dbf |url-status=live }}</ref> Since processed intelligence is gathered from multiple sources, the intelligence shared is not restricted to signals intelligence (SIGINT) and often involves [[military intelligence|defence intelligence]] as well as [[human intelligence (intelligence collection)|human intelligence]] (HUMINT) and [[geospatial intelligence]] (GEOINT). Five Eyes remains a critical element in the intelligence and security landscape of each member country, providing a strategic advantage in understanding and responding to global events.
Five Eyes is among the most comprehensive espionage alliances.<ref name=AP2013>{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Nick |last2=Dodds |first2=Paisley |date=17 July 2013 |title=5-nation spy alliance too vital for leaks to harm |url=https://apnews.com/article/8fbc07f0a0ed42b3bf6174f5ee826dbf |work=AP News |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421214258/https://apnews.com/article/8fbc07f0a0ed42b3bf6174f5ee826dbf |url-status=live }}</ref> Since processed intelligence is gathered from multiple sources, the information shared is not restricted to signals intelligence (SIGINT) and often involves [[military intelligence]] (MILINT), [[human intelligence (intelligence collection)|human intelligence]] (HUMINT), and [[geospatial intelligence]] (GEOINT). Five Eyes remains a key element in the intelligence and security landscape of each member country, providing them a strategic advantage in understanding and responding to global events.


==Organisations==
== Organisations ==


The following table provides an overview of most of the FVEY agencies involved in such forms of [[data sharing]].<ref name="fiveeyes1" />
The following table provides an overview of most of the FVEY agencies that [[data sharing|share data]].<ref name="fiveeyes1" />


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[[File:UKUSA1.jpg|thumb|The cover page of the first version of the secret [[UKUSA Agreement]] in 1946, which was disclosed to the public in 2011]]
[[File:UKUSA1.jpg|thumb|The cover page of the first version of the secret [[UKUSA Agreement]] in 1946, which was disclosed to the public in 2011]]


The earliest origins of the Five Eyes alliance are secret meetings between British and US code-breakers at the British code-breaking establishment at [[Bletchley Park]] in February 1941 (before the US entry into the war).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kerbaj |first=Richard |title=The Secret History of Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies |publisher=John Blake |year=2022 |isbn=9781789465037 |location=London |pages=54–55}}</ref> A February 1941 entry in the diary of [[Alastair Denniston]], head of Bletchley Park, reading "The Ys are coming!" ("Ys" referring to "Yanks") is the first record, followed by "Ys arrive" on 10 February. The British and US agencies shared extremely confidential information, including the British breaking of the German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] code, and the US breaking of the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Type B Cipher Machine|Purple]] code. From then key figures travelled back and forth across the Atlantic, including Denniston and code-breaking expert [[Alan Turing]]. The practical relationship established for wartime signals intelligence developed into a formal signed agreement at the start of the post-war [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Diary reveals birth of secret UK-US spy pact that grew into Five Eyes |last=Corera |first=Gordon |website=BBC News |date=5 March 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56284453 |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305085038/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56284453 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The informal origins of the Five Eyes alliance were secret meetings between British and US code-breakers at the British code-breaking establishment [[Bletchley Park]] in February 1941, before the US entry into the war.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kerbaj |first=Richard |title=The Secret History of Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies |publisher=John Blake |year=2022 |isbn=9781789465037 |location=London |pages=54–55}}</ref> The first record of these meetings is a February 1941 diary entry from [[Alastair Denniston]], head of Bletchley Park, reading "The Ys are coming!" with "Ys" referring to "[[Yankee|Yanks]]". An entry from 10 February reads "Ys arrive". British and US intelligence shared extremely confidential information, including that the British had broken the German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] code and that the US had broken the Japanese [[Type B Cipher Machine|Purple]] code. For the rest of the war, key figures like Denniston and code-breaking expert [[Alan Turing]] travelled back and forth across the Atlantic. The informal relationship established for wartime signals intelligence developed into a formal, signed agreement at the start of the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Diary reveals birth of secret UK-US spy pact that grew into Five Eyes |last=Corera |first=Gordon |website=BBC News |date=5 March 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56284453 |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305085038/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56284453 |url-status=live }}</ref>


The formal Five Eyes alliance can be traced back to the [[Atlantic Charter]], which was issued in August 1941 to lay out the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] goals for the [[post-war]] world. On 17 May 1943, the British–US Communication Intelligence Agreement, also known as the [[BRUSA Agreement]], was signed by the UK and US governments to facilitate co-operation between the [[US War Department]] and the British [[GCHQ#Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)|Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)]]. On 5 March 1946, the [[secret treaty]] was formalized as the [[UKUSA Agreement]], which forms the basis for all [[signal intelligence]] cooperation between the NSA and [[GCHQ]] to this day.<ref name=guardian5eye>{{cite news|last=Farrell|first=Paul|title=History of 5-Eyes – explainer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/history-of-5-eyes-explainer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202529/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/history-of-5-eyes-explainer|archive-date=25 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=norton5>{{cite news|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|title=Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/intelligence-deal-uk-us-released|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=25 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205003607/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/intelligence-deal-uk-us-released|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
The formal Five Eyes alliance can be traced back to the August 1941 [[Atlantic Charter]], which laid out [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] goals for the [[post-war]] world. On 17 May 1943, the UK and US governments signed the British–US Communication Intelligence Agreement, also known as the [[BRUSA Agreement]], to facilitate co-operation between the [[US War Department]] and the British [[GCHQ#Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)|Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS)]]. On 5 March 1946, the two governments formalized their [[secret treaty]] as the [[UKUSA Agreement]], the basis for all [[signal intelligence]] cooperation between the [[NSA]] and [[GCHQ]] up to the present.<ref name=guardian5eye>{{cite news|last=Farrell|first=Paul|title=History of 5-Eyes – explainer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/history-of-5-eyes-explainer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202529/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/history-of-5-eyes-explainer|archive-date=25 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=norton5>{{cite news|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|title=Not so secret: deal at the heart of UK-US intelligence|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/intelligence-deal-uk-us-released|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=25 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205003607/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/intelligence-deal-uk-us-released|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1948, the treaty was extended to include Canada, followed by Norway (1952), Denmark (1954), [[West Germany]] (1955), Australia (1956), and New Zealand (1956).<ref name=norton5 /> These countries participated in the alliance as "third parties". By 1955, the formal status of the remaining Five Eyes countries was officially acknowledged in a newer version of the [[UKUSA Agreement|UKUSA]] Agreement that contained the following statement:
[[UKUSA Agreement|UKUSA]] was extended to include Canada in 1948, followed by Norway in 1952, Denmark in 1954, West Germany in 1955, and Australia and New Zealand in 1956.<ref name=norton5 /> These countries participated in the alliance as "third parties". By 1955, a newer version of the [[UKUSA Agreement]] officially acknowledged the formal status of the remaining Five Eyes countries with the following statement:


{{blockquote|At this time only Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be regarded as UKUSA-collaborating [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries.<ref name=norton5 />}}
{{blockquote|At this time only Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be regarded as UKUSA-collaborating [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries.<ref name=norton5 />}}

The "Five Eyes" term has its origins as a shorthand for a "AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US EYES ONLY" ([[AUSCANNZUKUS]]) [[Classified information in the United States#Handling caveats|releasability caveat]].<ref name="fiveeyes2">{{cite web|last=Cox |first=James |title=Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community |url=http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204055230/http://www.cdfai.org/PDF/Canada%20and%20the%20Five%20Eyes%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-04 |publisher=[[Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute]] |date=December 2012}}</ref>


=== Cold War ===
=== Cold War ===
During the [[Cold War]] (generally accepted to be approximately the period 1947–1991), [[GCHQ]] and the NSA shared intelligence on the [[Soviet Union]], the [[People's Republic of China]], and several eastern European countries (known as Exotics).<ref>{{cite news|last=Aldrich|first=Richard|title=Allied code-breakers co-operate – but not always|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/24/intelligence-sharing-codebreakers-agreement-ukusa|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 June 2010|access-date=25 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915014503/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/24/intelligence-sharing-codebreakers-agreement-ukusa|archive-date=15 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the course of several decades, the [[ECHELON]] surveillance network was developed to monitor the military and [[diplomatic communications]] of the Soviet Union and its [[Eastern Bloc]] allies.<ref name="bbcechelon1">{{cite web|title=Q&A: What you need to know about Echelon|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=29 May 2001|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218051611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm|archive-date=18 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the [[Cold War]], [[GCHQ]] and the [[NSA]] shared intelligence on the [[Soviet Union]], China, and several eastern European countries known as "Exotics".<ref>{{cite news|last=Aldrich|first=Richard|title=Allied code-breakers co-operate – but not always|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/24/intelligence-sharing-codebreakers-agreement-ukusa|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 June 2010|access-date=25 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915014503/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/24/intelligence-sharing-codebreakers-agreement-ukusa|archive-date=15 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the course of several decades, the [[ECHELON]] surveillance network was developed to monitor the military and [[diplomatic communications]] of the Soviet Union and its [[Eastern Bloc]] allies.<ref name="bbcechelon1">{{cite web |title=Q&A: What you need to know about Echelon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2001-05-29 |access-date=2014-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218051611/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/1357513.stm |archive-date=2013-12-18 |url-status=live |first=Mark |last=Ward }}</ref>

In 1953, [[MI6|SIS]] and the [[CIA]] jointly [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|orchestrated the overthrow]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran's]] Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanchez|first=Raf|title=British diplomats tried to suppress details of SIS role in Iran coup|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253384/British-diplomats-tried-to-suppress-details-of-MI6-role-in-Iran-coup.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828213123/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253384/British-diplomats-tried-to-suppress-details-of-MI6-role-in-Iran-coup.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Risen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/world/secrets-history-cia-iran-special-report-plot-convulsed-iran-53-79.html|title=Secrets Of History: The C.I.A. in Iran—A special report. How a Plot Convulsed Iran in '53 (and in '79)|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 April 2000|access-date=22 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925112620/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/world/secrets-history-cia-iran-special-report-plot-convulsed-iran-53-79.html|archive-date=25 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Declassified Documents Reveal CIA Role In 1953 Iranian Coup|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217976304/declassified-documents-reveal-cia-role-in-1953-iranian-coup|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125144231/http://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217976304/declassified-documents-reveal-cia-role-in-1953-iranian-coup|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Merica|first=Dan|title=In declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in '53 Iran coup|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/politics/cia-iran-1953-coup/|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117212309/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/politics/cia-iran-1953-coup|archive-date=17 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1955 through 1975 during the [[Vietnam War]], Australian and New Zealander operators in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region worked to directly support the United States while [[GCHQ]] operators stationed in [[British Hong Kong]] as part of [[RAF Little Sai Wan|GCHQ Hong Kong]] were tasked with monitoring [[North Vietnam]]ese air defence networks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|title=GCHQ by Richard Aldrich, Securing the State by David Omand|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/19/gchq-intelligence-richard-aldrich|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=19 June 2010|quote=The US was especially keen on GCHQ's station in Hong Kong, particularly during the Vietnam war|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203164943/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/19/gchq-intelligence-richard-aldrich|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|title=Inside Echelon|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6929/1.html|publisher=[[Heise Online]]|access-date=19 December 2013|date=25 July 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126151528/http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6929/1.html|archive-date=26 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1961, [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] and the [[CIA]] jointly orchestrated the [[assassination]] of the Congolese independence leader [[Patrice Lumumba]], an operation authorized by out-going [[US President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] the year before in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|last=Corera|first=Gordon|title=MI6 and the death of Patrice Lumumba|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22006446|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102173504/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22006446|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=DeYoung|first=Karen|title=CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062600861.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2 February 2014|author2=Walter Pincus|date=27 June 2007|quote=A one-paragraph memo recounts planning for a "project involving the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, then premier of the Republic of Congo.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121024115/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062600861.html|archive-date=21 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CIA details Cold War skulduggery|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6242182.stm|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=26 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219021515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6242182.stm|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1973, the [[Australian Secret Intelligence Service|ASIS]] and the [[CIA]] jointly orchestrated the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|overthrow]] of Chile's [[President of Chile|President]] [[Salvador Allende]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=Hamish|title=Canberra's furtive aid in overthrowing Allende|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/canberras-furtive-aid-in-overthrowing-allende/2006/12/11/1165685615238.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=12 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609190017/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/canberras-furtive-aid-in-overthrowing-allende/2006/12/11/1165685615238.html|archive-date=9 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Suich|first=Max|title=Spymaster stirs spectre of covert foreign activities|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/spymaster-stirs-spectre-of-covert-foreign-activities/story-e6frg6z6-1225842681065|work=[[The Australian]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=20 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402203923/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/spymaster-stirs-spectre-of-covert-foreign-activities/story-e6frg6z6-1225842681065|archive-date=2 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Herbert|first=David|title=Questions over Australian involvement in Chile coup|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/11/questions-over-australian-involvement-chile-coup|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204025844/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/11/questions-over-australian-involvement-chile-coup|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Other 9/11|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/theother911/|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024327/http://www.sbs.com.au/theother911/|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Over a period of at least five years in the 1970s, a senior officer named Ian George Peacock, who was in the counterespionage unit of Australia's [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation|ASIO]], stole highly classified intelligence documents that had been shared with Australia and sold them to the [[Soviet Union]]. Peacock held the title of supervisor-E (espionage) and had top-secret security clearance. He retired from the ASIO in 1983 and died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neighbour |first1=Sally |last2=O'Neill |first2=Margot |title=The traitor |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/russia-spy-mole-in-asio-sold-cold-war-intelligence-four-corners/102469652 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=June 19, 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706084738/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/russia-spy-mole-in-asio-sold-cold-war-intelligence-four-corners/102469652 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the [[Falklands War]] in 1982, the United Kingdom received intelligence data from its FVEY allies as well as from third parties like Norway and France.<ref>{{cite news|first=George|last=Jones|title=How France helped us win Falklands war|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1387576/How-France-helped-us-win-Falklands-war-by-John-Nott.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=13 Mar 2002|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407071125/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1387576/How-France-helped-us-win-Falklands-war-by-John-Nott.html|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ausasis">{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Milliken|title=Canberra spy link to MI6 alleged|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-spy-link-to-mi6-alleged-1395867.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=23 February 1994|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108064205/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-spy-link-to-mi6-alleged-1395867.html|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Norsk lyttestasjon viktig brikke i Falklandskrigen |url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/brennpunkt/1861285.html |publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] |language=no |date=21 May 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629035444/http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/brennpunkt/1861285.html |archive-date=29 June 2009}}</ref>


In 1989, during the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]], [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] and the [[CIA]] took part in [[Operation Yellowbird]] to exfiltrate dissidents from [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderlini|first1=Jamil|title=Tiananmen Square: the long shadow|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4f970144-e658-11e3-9a20-00144feabdc0.html|work=[[Financial Times]]|access-date=2 June 2014|date=1 June 2014|quote=The extraction missions, aided by MI6, the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, and the CIA, according to many accounts, had scrambler devices, infrared signallers, night-vision goggles and weapons.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606133923/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4f970144-e658-11e3-9a20-00144feabdc0.html|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the [[Vietnam War]], Australian and New Zealand operators in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region worked directly to support the United States, while GCHQ operators stationed in [[British Hong Kong]] were tasked with monitoring [[North Vietnam]]ese air defence networks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|title=GCHQ by Richard Aldrich, Securing the State by David Omand|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/19/gchq-intelligence-richard-aldrich|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=19 June 2010|quote=The US was especially keen on GCHQ's station in Hong Kong, particularly during the Vietnam war|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203164943/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/19/gchq-intelligence-richard-aldrich|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|title=Inside Echelon|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6929/1.html|publisher=[[Heise Online]]|access-date=19 December 2013|date=25 July 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126151528/http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6929/1.html|archive-date=26 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[Falklands War]], the British received intelligence data from its FVEY allies such as Australia, as well as from third parties such as Norway and France.<ref>{{cite news|first=George|last=Jones|title=How France helped us win Falklands war|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1387576/How-France-helped-us-win-Falklands-war-by-John-Nott.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=13 Mar 2002|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407071125/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1387576/How-France-helped-us-win-Falklands-war-by-John-Nott.html|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ausasis">{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Milliken|title=Canberra spy link to MI6 alleged|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-spy-link-to-mi6-alleged-1395867.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=23 February 1994|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108064205/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/canberra-spy-link-to-mi6-alleged-1395867.html|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Norsk lyttestasjon viktig brikke i Falklandskrigen |url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/brennpunkt/1861285.html |publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] |language=no |date=21 May 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629035444/http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/brennpunkt/1861285.html |archive-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> In the aftermath of the [[Gulf War]], a technician of the [[Australian Secret Intelligence Service|ASIS]] was used by [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] to bug Kuwaiti government offices.<ref name="ausasis"/>


In the aftermath of the [[Gulf War]] in 1991, an [[Australian Secret Intelligence Service|ASIS]] technician bugged Kuwaiti government offices for [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]].<ref name="ausasis"/>
In the 1950s, SIS and the CIA jointly [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|orchestrated the overthrow]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran's]] Prime Minister [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanchez|first=Raf|title=British diplomats tried to suppress details of SIS role in Iran coup|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253384/British-diplomats-tried-to-suppress-details-of-MI6-role-in-Iran-coup.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828213123/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253384/British-diplomats-tried-to-suppress-details-of-MI6-role-in-Iran-coup.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Risen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/world/secrets-history-cia-iran-special-report-plot-convulsed-iran-53-79.html|title=Secrets Of History: The C.I.A. in Iran—A special report. How a Plot Convulsed Iran in '53 (and in '79)|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 April 2000|access-date=22 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925112620/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/world/secrets-history-cia-iran-special-report-plot-convulsed-iran-53-79.html|archive-date=25 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Declassified Documents Reveal CIA Role In 1953 Iranian Coup|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217976304/declassified-documents-reveal-cia-role-in-1953-iranian-coup|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125144231/http://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217976304/declassified-documents-reveal-cia-role-in-1953-iranian-coup|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Merica|first=Dan|title=In declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in '53 Iran coup|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/politics/cia-iran-1953-coup/|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117212309/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/politics/cia-iran-1953-coup|archive-date=17 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1960s, SIS and the CIA jointly orchestrated the assassination of the Congolese independence leader [[Patrice Lumumba]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Corera|first=Gordon|title=MI6 and the death of Patrice Lumumba|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22006446|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102173504/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22006446|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=DeYoung|first=Karen|title=CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062600861.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2 February 2014|author2=Walter Pincus|date=27 June 2007|quote=A one-paragraph memo recounts planning for a "project involving the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, then premier of the Republic of Congo.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121024115/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062600861.html|archive-date=21 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CIA details Cold War skulduggery|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6242182.stm|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=26 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219021515/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6242182.stm|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1970s, the ASIS and the CIA jointly orchestrated the overthrow of Chile's President [[Salvador Allende]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=Hamish|title=Canberra's furtive aid in overthrowing Allende|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/canberras-furtive-aid-in-overthrowing-allende/2006/12/11/1165685615238.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=12 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609190017/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/canberras-furtive-aid-in-overthrowing-allende/2006/12/11/1165685615238.html|archive-date=9 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Suich|first=Max|title=Spymaster stirs spectre of covert foreign activities|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/spymaster-stirs-spectre-of-covert-foreign-activities/story-e6frg6z6-1225842681065|work=[[The Australian]]|access-date=30 January 2014|date=20 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402203923/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/spymaster-stirs-spectre-of-covert-foreign-activities/story-e6frg6z6-1225842681065|archive-date=2 April 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Herbert|first=David|title=Questions over Australian involvement in Chile coup|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/11/questions-over-australian-involvement-chile-coup|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204025844/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/11/questions-over-australian-involvement-chile-coup|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Other 9/11|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/theother911/|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024327/http://www.sbs.com.au/theother911/|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in the 1970s, a senior officer (Ian George Peacock) in the counterespionage unit of Australia's [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation|ASIO]] stole and sold highly classified intelligence documents shared with Australia to the Russians for at least five years. Peacock held the title of supervisor-E (espionage) and had top-secret security clearance. He retired from the ASIO in 1983 and died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neighbour |first1=Sally |last2=O'Neill |first2=Margot |title=The traitor |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/russia-spy-mole-in-asio-sold-cold-war-intelligence-four-corners/102469652 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=June 19, 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706084738/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/russia-spy-mole-in-asio-sold-cold-war-intelligence-four-corners/102469652 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]], [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] and the CIA took part in [[Operation Yellowbird]] to rescue dissidents from the Chinese regime.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderlini|first1=Jamil|title=Tiananmen Square: the long shadow|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4f970144-e658-11e3-9a20-00144feabdc0.html|work=[[Financial Times]]|access-date=2 June 2014|date=1 June 2014|quote=The extraction missions, aided by MI6, the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, and the CIA, according to many accounts, had scrambler devices, infrared signallers, night-vision goggles and weapons.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606133923/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4f970144-e658-11e3-9a20-00144feabdc0.html|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== ECHELON network disclosures (1972–2000) ===
=== ECHELON network disclosures (1972–2000) ===
By the end of the 20th century, the [[ECHELON]] surveillance network had evolved into a global system capable of sweeping up massive amounts of private and commercial communications, including [[Telephone call|telephone calls]], [[fax]], [[email]] and other [[data traffic]]. This was done through the interception of communication bearers such as satellite transmission and [[public switched telephone network]]s.<ref name = EP>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN |title=On the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system), (2001/2098(INI)) |last=Schmid |first=Gerhard |date=11 July 2001 |format=PDF – 194 pages |publisher=European Parliament: Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226152235/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+PDF+V0%2F%2FEN&language=EN |archive-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
By the end of the 20th century, the FVEY members had developed the [[ECHELON]] surveillance network into a global system capable of collecting massive amounts of private and commercial communications including [[telephone call]]s, [[fax]], [[email]], and other [[data traffic]]. The network's information comes from intercepted communication bearers such as satellite transmissions and [[public switched telephone network]]s.<ref name = EP>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN |title=On the existence of a global system for the interception of private and commercial communications (ECHELON interception system), (2001/2098(INI)) |last=Schmid |first=Gerhard |date=11 July 2001 |format=PDF – 194 pages |publisher=European Parliament: Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System |access-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226152235/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+PDF+V0%2F%2FEN&language=EN |archive-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


The Five Eyes has two types of information collection methods: the [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] program and the [[Upstream collection]] system. The PRISM program gathers user information from technology firms such as [[Google]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Microsoft]], while the Upstream system gathers information directly from the communications of civilians via [[fiber cables]] and infrastructure as data flows past.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 10, 2013|title=NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231728/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/|url-status=live}}</ref> The program's first disclosure to the public came in 1972 when a former NSA communications analyst reported to ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'' magazine that the NSA had developed technology that "could crack all Soviet codes".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/19/archives/excode-analyst-explains-his-aim-hopes-magazine-article-will-bar.html|title=Ex-Code Analyst Explains His Aim|date=1972-07-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208231655/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/19/archives/excode-analyst-explains-his-aim-hopes-magazine-article-will-bar.html|archive-date=2019-12-08|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, Duncan Campbell revealed in the ''New Statesman'' the existence of ECHELON, an extension of the UKUSA Agreement on global signals intelligence [Sigint]. The story, 'Somebody's listening,' detailed how the eavesdropping operations were not only being employed in the interests of 'national security,' but were regularly abused for [[corporate espionage]] in the service of US business interests. The piece passed largely unnoticed outside of journalism circles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Campbell|first1=Duncan|title=duncancampbell.org|url=http://www.duncancampbell.org/content/echelon|website=Duncan Campbell.org|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928134759/http://www.duncancampbell.org/content/echelon|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Two of the FVEY information collection mechanisms are the [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] program and the [[Upstream collection]] system. The PRISM program gathers user information from technology firms such as [[Google]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], and [[Microsoft]]; while the Upstream system gathers information directly from civilian communications as they travel through infrastructure like [[fiber cables]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 10, 2013|title=NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231728/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/|url-status=live}}</ref> The program was first disclosed to the public in 1972 when a former [[NSA]] communications analyst reported to ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'' magazine that the Agency had developed technology that "could crack all Soviet codes".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/19/archives/excode-analyst-explains-his-aim-hopes-magazine-article-will-bar.html|title=Ex-Code Analyst Explains His Aim|date=1972-07-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208231655/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/19/archives/excode-analyst-explains-his-aim-hopes-magazine-article-will-bar.html|archive-date=2019-12-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1996, a detailed description of ECHELON was provided by New Zealand journalist [[Nicky Hager]] in a book titled ''[[Nicky Hager#Secret Power|Secret Power – New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network]]','' which was cited by the [[European Parliament]] in a 1998 report titled "''An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control''" (PE 168.184).<ref name="politicaleu">{{cite web|title=An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control|url=http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/publi/166499/execsum.htm|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990417064814/http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/publi/166499/execsum.htm|archive-date=17 April 1999}}</ref> On 16 March 2000, the Parliament called for a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] on the Five Eyes and their ECHELON surveillance network, which, if passed, would have called for the "complete dismantling of ECHELON".''<ref>{{cite web |title=European Parliament resolution on Echelon |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B5-2000-0290&format=XML&language=EN |publisher=[[European Parliament]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |date=16 March 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204342/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B5-2000-0290&format=XML&language=EN |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>''


In a 1988 piece in the ''[[New Statesman]]'' called "Somebody's listening", [[Duncan Campbell (journalist)|Duncan Campbell]] revealed the existence of [[ECHELON]], an extension of the [[UKUSA Agreement]] on global [[signals intelligence]]. The story detailed how eavesdropping operations were not only being employed in the interests of 'national security,' but were regularly abused for [[corporate espionage]] in the service of US business interests.<ref>{{citation |last=Campbell |first=Duncan |title=Somebody's Listening |newspaper=New Statesman |date=12 August 1988 |url=http://duncan.gn.apc.org/echelon-dc.htm |access-date=6 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420093650/http://duncan.gn.apc.org/echelon-dc.htm |archive-date=20 April 2013 }}</ref> The piece passed largely unnoticed outside of journalism circles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Campbell|first1=Duncan|title=duncancampbell.org|url=http://www.duncancampbell.org/content/echelon|website=Duncan Campbell.org|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928134759/http://www.duncancampbell.org/content/echelon|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Three months later, the [[Temporary Committee on ECHELON]] was set up by the European Parliament to investigate the ECHELON surveillance network. However, according to a number of European politicians such as [[Esko Seppänen]] of Finland, these investigations were hindered by the [[European Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Echelon and the European Parliament |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/00b51db9d2/Parliament-in-the-past.html |publisher=[[European Parliament]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209004856/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/00b51db9d2/Parliament-in-the-past.html |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>


In the United States, [[United States Congress|congressional]] [[legislator]]s warned that the ECHELON system could be used to monitor [[US citizen]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKay |first=Niall |title=Lawmakers Raise Questions About International Spy Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/cyber/articles/27network.html#1 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |date=27 May 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130111338/http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/cyber/articles/27network.html#1 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 May 2001, the US government cancelled all meetings with the Temporary Committee on ECHELON.<ref name=heiseeche>{{cite web|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|title=Echelon Chronology|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7795/1.html|publisher=[[Heise Online]]|access-date=19 December 2013|date=1 June 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221183720/http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7795/1.html|archive-date=21 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1996, New Zealand journalist [[Nicky Hager]] provided a detailed description of [[ECHELON]] in a book titled ''[[Nicky Hager#Secret Power|Secret Power New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network]]''. The [[European Parliament]] cited the book in a 1998 report titled "''An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control''" (PE 168.184).<ref name="politicaleu">{{cite web|title=An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control|url=http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/publi/166499/execsum.htm|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990417064814/http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/publi/166499/execsum.htm|archive-date=17 April 1999}}</ref> On 16 March 2000, the Parliament called for a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] on the Five Eyes and its ECHELON surveillance network which would have called for the "complete dismantling of ECHELON".<ref>{{cite web |title=European Parliament resolution on Echelon |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B5-2000-0290&format=XML&language=EN |publisher=[[European Parliament]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |date=16 March 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204342/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B5-2000-0290&format=XML&language=EN |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>


Three months later, the European Parliament established the [[Temporary Committee on ECHELON]] to investigate the ECHELON surveillance network. However, according to a number of European politicians such as [[Esko Seppänen]] of Finland, the [[European Commission]] hindered these investigations .<ref>{{cite web |title=Echelon and the European Parliament |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/00b51db9d2/Parliament-in-the-past.html |publisher=[[European Parliament]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209004856/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/00b51db9d2/Parliament-in-the-past.html |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
According to a [[BBC]] report in May 2001, "the US Government still refuses to admit that Echelon even exists."<ref name="bbcechelon1" />

In the United States, [[United States Congress|congressional]] [[legislator]]s warned that the ECHELON system could be used to monitor [[US citizen]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKay |first=Niall |title=Lawmakers Raise Questions About International Spy Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/cyber/articles/27network.html#1 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=27 January 2014 |date=27 May 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130111338/http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/cyber/articles/27network.html#1 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 May 2001, the US government cancelled all meetings with the Temporary Committee on ECHELON.<ref name=heiseeche>{{cite web|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|title=Echelon Chronology|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7795/1.html|publisher=[[Heise Online]]|access-date=19 December 2013|date=1 June 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221183720/http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/7/7795/1.html|archive-date=21 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a [[BBC]] report from May 2001, "The US Government still refuses to admit that Echelon even exists."<ref name="bbcechelon1" />


=== War on Terror (since 2001) ===
=== War on Terror (since 2001) ===
{{See also|Global surveillance}}
{{See also|Global surveillance}}
In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[the Pentagon]], the surveillance capabilities of the Five Eyes were greatly increased as part of the global [[war on terror]].
In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[the Pentagon]], Five Eyes members greatly increased their surveillance capabilities as part of the global [[war on terror]].


During the run-up to the [[Iraq War]], the communications of [[UN weapons inspector]] [[Hans Blix]] were monitored by the Five Eyes.<ref name="nzhearld1">{{cite web |author1=Kim Sengupta |author2=Kathy Marks |title=Blix secrets shared with NZ – reports |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3551948 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 December 2013 |date=Feb 29, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213142446/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3551948 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auiraq">{{cite web |author1=Tom Allard |author2=Andrew Darby |author3=Marian Wilkinson |title=Australian spy circle tied to UN bugging |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676969778.html |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 December 2013 |date=February 28, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103121100/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676969778.html |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The office of UN Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] was bugged by British agents.<ref name="smh1">{{cite web |title=UK bugged Annan's office, says former minister |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/26/1077676900614.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=27 February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523220745/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/26/1077676900614.html |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UK 'spied on UN's Kofi Annan' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm |work=BBC |date=February 2004 |access-date=2014-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029112154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> An NSA memo detailed plans of the Five Eyes to boost eavesdropping on UN delegations of six countries as part of a "dirty tricks" campaign to apply pressure on these six countries to vote in favour of using force against Iraq.<ref name="smh1" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/usa.iraq |work=[[The Observer]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=2 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111115103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/usa.iraq |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Bright |title=Katharine Gun: Ten years on what happened to the woman who revealed dirty tricks on the UN Iraq war vote? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/03/katharine-gun-iraq-war-whistleblower |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092040/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/03/katharine-gun-iraq-war-whistleblower |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
During the run-up to the [[Iraq War]], the communications of [[UN weapons inspector]] [[Hans Blix]] were monitored by the Five Eyes.<ref name="nzhearld1">{{cite web |author1=Kim Sengupta |author2=Kathy Marks |title=Blix secrets shared with NZ – reports |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3551948 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 December 2013 |date=Feb 29, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213142446/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3551948 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auiraq">{{cite web |author1=Tom Allard |author2=Andrew Darby |author3=Marian Wilkinson |title=Australian spy circle tied to UN bugging |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676969778.html |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 December 2013 |date=February 28, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103121100/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/27/1077676969778.html |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Around the same time, [[United Kingdom|British]] agents bugged the office of [[United Nations|UN]] [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]].<ref name="smh1">{{cite web |title=UK bugged Annan's office, says former minister |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/26/1077676900614.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=27 February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523220745/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/26/1077676900614.html |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UK 'spied on UN's Kofi Annan' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm |work=BBC |date=February 2004 |access-date=2014-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029112154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3488548.stm |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> An [[NSA]] memo detailed Five Eyes plans to increase surveillance on the UN delegations of six countries as part of a "dirty tricks" campaign to pressure these six countries to vote in favour of using force against Iraq.<ref name="smh1" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/usa.iraq |work=[[The Observer]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=2 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111115103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/usa.iraq |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Bright |title=Katharine Gun: Ten years on what happened to the woman who revealed dirty tricks on the UN Iraq war vote? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/03/katharine-gun-iraq-war-whistleblower |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=18 January 2014 |date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092040/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/03/katharine-gun-iraq-war-whistleblower |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>


SIS and the CIA forged a surveillance partnership with [[Libya|Libya's]] ruler [[Muammar Gaddafi]] to spy on Libyan dissidents in the [[Western world|West]], in exchange for permission to use Libya as a base for [[extraordinary renditions]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/03/libya.west.spies/ |title=Documents shed light on CIA, Gadhafi spy ties |first=Ben |last=Wedeman |work=CNN |access-date=3 September 2011 |date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110134521/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/03/libya.west.spies/ |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Libya: Gaddafi regime's US-UK spy links revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14774533 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=20 December 2013 |date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224185009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14774533 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Abigail Hauslohner |title=How Libya Seems to Have Helped the CIA with Rendition of Terrorism Suspects |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091653,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=20 December 2013 |date=Sep 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221185852/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091653,00.html |archive-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/files-show-mi6-cia-ties-to-libya-reports-20110904-1jrzy.html |title=Files show MI6, CIA ties to Libya: reports |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=4 September 2011 |date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103093101/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/files-show-mi6-cia-ties-to-libya-reports-20110904-1jrzy.html |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8739893/Libya-secret-dossier-reveals-Gaddafis-UK-spy-links.html |title=Libya: secret dossier reveals Gaddafi's UK spy links |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Richard |last=Spencer |access-date=3 September 2011 |date=3 September 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904071207/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8739893/Libya-secret-dossier-reveals-Gaddafis-UK-spy-links.html |archive-date=4 September 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] and the [[CIA]] formed a surveillance partnership with Libya's [[Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution|leader]] [[Muammar Gaddafi]] to spy on Libyan dissidents in the [[Western world|West]] in exchange for permission to use Libya as a base for [[extraordinary renditions]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/03/libya.west.spies/ |title=Documents shed light on CIA, Gadhafi spy ties |first=Ben |last=Wedeman |work=CNN |access-date=3 September 2011 |date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110134521/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/03/libya.west.spies/ |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Libya: Gaddafi regime's US-UK spy links revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14774533 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=20 December 2013 |date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224185009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14774533 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Abigail Hauslohner |title=How Libya Seems to Have Helped the CIA with Rendition of Terrorism Suspects |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091653,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=20 December 2013 |date=Sep 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221185852/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091653,00.html |archive-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/files-show-mi6-cia-ties-to-libya-reports-20110904-1jrzy.html |title=Files show MI6, CIA ties to Libya: reports |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=4 September 2011 |date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103093101/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/files-show-mi6-cia-ties-to-libya-reports-20110904-1jrzy.html |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8739893/Libya-secret-dossier-reveals-Gaddafis-UK-spy-links.html |title=Libya: secret dossier reveals Gaddafi's UK spy links |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |first=Richard |last=Spencer |access-date=3 September 2011 |date=3 September 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904071207/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8739893/Libya-secret-dossier-reveals-Gaddafis-UK-spy-links.html |archive-date=4 September 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>


{{As of|2010}}, the Five Eyes also have access to [[SIPRNet]], the US government's classified version of the Internet.<ref>{{cite news |title=NZ way down the WikiLeaks queue |first=Michael |last=Field |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue |publisher=[[Fairfax New Zealand]] |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=17 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205051223/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{As of|2010}}, Five Eyes-affiliated agencies also have access to [[SIPRNet]], the US government's classified version of the Internet.<ref>{{cite news |title=NZ way down the WikiLeaks queue |first=Michael |last=Field |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue |publisher=[[Fairfax New Zealand]] |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=17 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205051223/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4415037/NZ-way-down-the-WikiLeaks-queue |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2013, documents leaked by the former NSA contractor [[Edward Snowden]] revealed the existence of numerous surveillance programs jointly operated by the Five Eyes. The following list includes several notable examples reported in the media:
In 2013, documents leaked by the former [[NSA]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]] revealed the existence of numerous surveillance programs jointly operated by the Five Eyes. The following list includes several notable examples reported in the media:
* [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] – Operated by the NSA together with GCHQ and the ASD<ref>{{cite web |last=Nick Hopkins |title=UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 December 2013 |date=7 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302145120/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism |archive-date=2 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Philip Dorling |title=Australia gets 'deluge' of US secret data, prompting a new data facility |url=http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/australia-gets-deluge-of-us-secret-data-prompting-a-new-data-facility-20130612-2o4kf.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=22 December 2013 |date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123174822/http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/australia-gets-deluge-of-us-secret-data-prompting-a-new-data-facility-20130612-2o4kf.html |archive-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] – Operated by the NSA together with [[GCHQ]] and the [[Australian Signals Directorate|ASD]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Nick Hopkins |title=UK gathering secret intelligence via covert NSA operation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 December 2013 |date=7 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302145120/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism |archive-date=2 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Philip Dorling |title=Australia gets 'deluge' of US secret data, prompting a new data facility |url=http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/australia-gets-deluge-of-us-secret-data-prompting-a-new-data-facility-20130612-2o4kf.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=22 December 2013 |date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123174822/http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/australia-gets-deluge-of-us-secret-data-prompting-a-new-data-facility-20130612-2o4kf.html |archive-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[XKeyscore]] – Operated by the NSA with contributions from the ASD and the GCSB<ref name="Philip Dorling">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html |title=Snowden reveals Australia's links to US spy web |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |author=Philip Dorling |date=July 8, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810020325/http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html |archive-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[XKeyscore]] – Operated by the NSA with contributions from the ASD and the [[Government Communications Security Bureau|GCSB]]<ref name="Philip Dorling">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html |title=Snowden reveals Australia's links to US spy web |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |author=Philip Dorling |date=July 8, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810020325/http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html |archive-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tempora]] – Operated by GCHQ with contributions from the NSA<ref>{{cite web|last=Nick Hopkins and Julian Borger|title=Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 December 2013|date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125143605/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Williams |title=Americans pay GCHQ £100m to spy for them, leaked NSA papers from Edward Snowden claim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/americans-pay-gchq-100m-to-spy-for-them-leaked-nsa-papers-from-edward-snowden-claim-8743775.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=31 December 2013 |date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112170159/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/americans-pay-gchq-100m-to-spy-for-them-leaked-nsa-papers-from-edward-snowden-claim-8743775.html |archive-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tempora]] – Operated by GCHQ with contributions from the NSA<ref>{{cite web|last=Nick Hopkins and Julian Borger|title=Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 December 2013|date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125143605/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/nsa-paid-gchq-spying-edward-snowden|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Williams |title=Americans pay GCHQ £100m to spy for them, leaked NSA papers from Edward Snowden claim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/americans-pay-gchq-100m-to-spy-for-them-leaked-nsa-papers-from-edward-snowden-claim-8743775.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=31 December 2013 |date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112170159/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/americans-pay-gchq-100m-to-spy-for-them-leaked-nsa-papers-from-edward-snowden-claim-8743775.html |archive-date=12 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Muscular (surveillance program)|MUSCULAR]] – Operated by GCHQ and the NSA<ref name="How we know">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/how-we-know-the-nsa-had-access-to-internal-google-and-yahoo-cloud-data/ |title=How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data |first1=Barton |last1=Gellman |first2=Ashkan |last2=Soltani |first3=Andrea |last3=Peterson |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204164020/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/how-we-know-the-nsa-had-access-to-internal-google-and-yahoo-cloud-data |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Muscular (surveillance program)|MUSCULAR]] – Operated by GCHQ and the NSA<ref name="How we know">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/how-we-know-the-nsa-had-access-to-internal-google-and-yahoo-cloud-data/ |title=How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data |first1=Barton |last1=Gellman |first2=Ashkan |last2=Soltani |first3=Andrea |last3=Peterson |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204164020/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/04/how-we-know-the-nsa-had-access-to-internal-google-and-yahoo-cloud-data |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Stateroom (surveillance program)|STATEROOM]] – Operated by the ASD, CIA, CSE, GCHQ, and NSA<ref name="spiegelstate">{{cite news |title= Photo Gallery: Spies in the Embassy |url= http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-spies-in-the-embassy-fotostrecke-103079-5.html |work= [[Der Spiegel]] |access-date= 22 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224012633/http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-spies-in-the-embassy-fotostrecke-103079-5.html |archive-date= 24 February 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Stateroom (surveillance program)|STATEROOM]] – Operated by the ASD, [[CIA]], [[Communications Security Establishment|CSE]], GCHQ, and NSA<ref name="spiegelstate">{{cite news |title= Photo Gallery: Spies in the Embassy |url= http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-spies-in-the-embassy-fotostrecke-103079-5.html |work= [[Der Spiegel]] |access-date= 22 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224012633/http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-spies-in-the-embassy-fotostrecke-103079-5.html |archive-date= 24 February 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref>


In March 2014, the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) ordered Australia to stop spying on [[East Timor]]. This marks the first such restrictions imposed on a member of the FVEY.<ref>{{cite web |last=Allard |first=Tom |title=Australia ordered to cease spying on East Timor by International Court of Justice |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-ordered-to-cease-spying-on-east-timor-by-international-court-of-justice-20140304-hvfya.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=4 March 2014 |date=4 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303215006/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-ordered-to-cease-spying-on-east-timor-by-international-court-of-justice-20140304-hvfya.html |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In March 2014, the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) ordered Australia to stop spying on [[East Timor]]. This marks the first such restrictions imposed on a member of the FVEY.<ref>{{cite web |last=Allard |first=Tom |title=Australia ordered to cease spying on East Timor by International Court of Justice |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-ordered-to-cease-spying-on-east-timor-by-international-court-of-justice-20140304-hvfya.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=4 March 2014 |date=4 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303215006/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-ordered-to-cease-spying-on-east-timor-by-international-court-of-justice-20140304-hvfya.html |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2020, the Five Eyes alliance criticised China's rules which disqualified elected legislators in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-19|title=Hong Kong: 'Five Eyes could be blinded,' China warns West|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54995227|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204074219/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54995227|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Competition with China (since 2018) ===
=== Competition with China (since 2018) ===
On 1 December 2018, [[Meng Wanzhou]], a [[Huawei]] executive, was arrested by Canadian authorities at [[Vancouver International Airport]], in order to face charges of fraud and conspiracy in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-31|title=Meng Wanzhou: Questions over Huawei executive's arrest as legal battle continues|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54756044|access-date=2020-11-22|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206043912/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54756044|url-status=live}}</ref> China responded by arresting two Canadian nationals. According to the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' this conflict was seen by analysts as the beginning of a direct clash between the CCPs leadership of China and members of the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=China in brace position as Five Eyes form united front|url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088954/china-brace-position-five-eyes-form-united-front|access-date=2020-11-22|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104004425/https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088954/china-brace-position-five-eyes-form-united-front|url-status=live}}</ref> In the months that followed, the United States placed restrictions on technology exchanges with China.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swanson|first=Ana|date=2019-10-23|title=Trump Officials Battle Over Plan to Keep Technology Out of Chinese Hands (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/business/trump-technology-china-trade.html|access-date=2020-11-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126223525/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/business/trump-technology-china-trade.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following prompting by parliamentarians in Australia and by US Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]], the UK Government announced it would reduce the presence of [[Huawei]] technology in its [[5G network]] to zero.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bourke|first=Latika|date=2020-02-07|title=Australian MP delivers stunning rebuke to UK's Dominic Raab on Huawei|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/australian-mp-delivers-stunning-rebuke-to-uk-s-dominic-raab-on-huawei-20200206-p53yjg.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118012013/https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/australian-mp-delivers-stunning-rebuke-to-uk-s-dominic-raab-on-huawei-20200206-p53yjg.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Heather Stewart Political|date=2020-07-21|title=Mike Pompeo praises UK decision to remove Huawei from 5G network|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/mike-pompeo-praises-uk-decision-to-remove-huawei-from-5g-network|access-date=2020-11-22|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206161313/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/mike-pompeo-praises-uk-decision-to-remove-huawei-from-5g-network|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper reported that these events were seen by Beijing as political warfare "waged with the world’s oldest intelligence alliance, the Five Eyes."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-20|title=Why is the Five Eyes intelligence alliance in China's cross hairs?|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3089564/why-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-beijings-cross-hairs|access-date=2020-11-22|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124053338/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3089564/why-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-beijings-cross-hairs|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 1 December 2018, Canadian authorities arrested [[Meng Wanzhou]], a [[Huawei]] executive, at [[Vancouver International Airport]] to face charges of fraud and conspiracy in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-31|title=Meng Wanzhou: Questions over Huawei executive's arrest as legal battle continues|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54756044|access-date=2020-11-22|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206043912/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54756044|url-status=live}}</ref> China responded by arresting two Canadian nationals. According to the ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', analysts saw this conflict as the beginning of a direct clash between China's government and governments of the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=China in brace position as Five Eyes form united front|url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088954/china-brace-position-five-eyes-form-united-front|access-date=2020-11-22|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104004425/https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3088954/china-brace-position-five-eyes-form-united-front|url-status=live}}</ref> In the months that followed, the United States restricted technology exchanges with China.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swanson|first=Ana|date=2019-10-23|title=Trump Officials Battle Over Plan to Keep Technology Out of Chinese Hands (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/business/trump-technology-china-trade.html|access-date=2020-11-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126223525/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/business/trump-technology-china-trade.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper reported that these events were seen by Beijing as a "fight ... waged with the world’s oldest intelligence alliance, the Five Eyes."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-20|title=Why is the Five Eyes intelligence alliance in China's cross hairs?|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3089564/why-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-beijings-cross-hairs|access-date=2020-11-22|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124053338/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3089564/why-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-beijings-cross-hairs|url-status=live}}</ref>


Starting in 2019, Australian parliamentarians as well as [[United States Secretary of State|US Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] prompted the United Kingdom not to use [[Huawei]] technology in its [[5G network]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bourke|first=Latika|date=2020-02-07|title=Australian MP delivers stunning rebuke to UK's Dominic Raab on Huawei|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/australian-mp-delivers-stunning-rebuke-to-uk-s-dominic-raab-on-huawei-20200206-p53yjg.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118012013/https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/australian-mp-delivers-stunning-rebuke-to-uk-s-dominic-raab-on-huawei-20200206-p53yjg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Government]] announced it no longer planned to use Huawei's 5G technology.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Heather Stewart Political|date=2020-07-21|title=Mike Pompeo praises UK decision to remove Huawei from 5G network|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/mike-pompeo-praises-uk-decision-to-remove-huawei-from-5g-network|access-date=2020-11-22|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206161313/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/mike-pompeo-praises-uk-decision-to-remove-huawei-from-5g-network|url-status=live}}</ref>
In mid-April 2021, the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|New Zealand Foreign Minister]] [[Nanaia Mahuta]] issued a statement that New Zealand would not let the Five Eyes alliance dictate its [[China-New Zealand relations|bilateral relationship]] with China and that New Zealand was uncomfortable with expanding the remit of the intelligence grouping. In response, the Australian Government expressed concern that Wellington was undermining collective efforts to combat what it regarded as Chinese aggression.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand says it will set China policy, not US-led Five Eyes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/19/new-zealand-says-it-will-set-china-policy-not-us-led-five-eyes |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421031634/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/19/new-zealand-says-it-will-set-china-policy-not-us-led-five-eyes |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Galloway |first1=Anthony |title=Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-was-blindsided-when-five-eyes-ally-new-zealand-backed-away-from-china-criticism-20210421-p57l5d.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421231216/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-was-blindsided-when-five-eyes-ally-new-zealand-backed-away-from-china-criticism-20210421-p57l5d.html |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Mahuta's remarks were echoed by [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|New Zealand Prime Minister]] [[Jacinda Ardern]] who claimed that while New Zealand was still committed to the Five Eyes alliance, it would not use the network as its first point for communicating on non-security matters. While ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''{{'s}} defence editor [[Con Coughlin]] and British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament [[Bob Seely]] criticised New Zealand for undermining the Five Eyes' efforts to put a united front against Beijing, the Chinese ''[[Global Times]]'' praised New Zealand for putting its own [[National interest|national interests]] over the Five Eyes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Audrey |title=NZ-China relations: Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-china-relations-jacinda-ardern-faces-bitter-attack-by-uk-writer-over-five-eyes-commitment/EFY37DRTFBSJQOVC5K6JFTMBE4/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421064512/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-china-relations-jacinda-ardern-faces-bitter-attack-by-uk-writer-over-five-eyes-commitment/EFY37DRTFBSJQOVC5K6JFTMBE4/ |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bourke |first1=Latika |title=Jacinda Ardern savaged as British Parliament declares treatment of Uyghurs 'genocide' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300284578/jacinda-ardern-savaged-as-british-parliament-declares-treatment-of-uyghurs-genocide |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=23 April 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422234611/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300284578/jacinda-ardern-savaged-as-british-parliament-declares-treatment-of-uyghurs-genocide |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ensor |first1=Jamie |title=China heaps praise on Nanaia Mahuta's 'remarkable' Five Eyes comments |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/china-heaps-praise-on-nanaia-mahuta-s-remarkable-five-eyes-comments.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421025543/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/china-heaps-praise-on-nanaia-mahuta-s-remarkable-five-eyes-comments.html |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


In November 2020, the Five Eyes alliance criticised China's rules disqualifying elected legislators in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-19|title=Hong Kong: 'Five Eyes could be blinded,' China warns West|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54995227|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204074219/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54995227|url-status=live}}</ref>
In late April 2021, the ''Global Times'' reported that employees of companies and organisations considered to be "at-risk" of foreign infiltration travelling to the Five Eyes countries would be monitored by the Chinese [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]]. These employees will be required to report their travel destinations, agendas, and meetings with foreign personnel to Chinese authorities. Other security measures include undergoing "pre-departure spying education" and leave their electronic devices at home and bring new ones abroad. These measures came at a time of heightened tensions between China and the Five Eyes countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=China announces measures to prevent foreign spying in companies |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-announces-measures-to-prevent-foreign-spying-in-companies |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427160750/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-announces-measures-to-prevent-foreign-spying-in-companies |archive-date=27 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Zane |title=China imposes strict anti-espionage measures on staff visiting New Zealand, Five Eyes nations |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/strict-anti-espionage-measures-imposed-on-chinese-staff-visiting-new-zealand-five-eyes-nations.html |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427031855/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/strict-anti-espionage-measures-imposed-on-chinese-staff-visiting-new-zealand-five-eyes-nations.html |archive-date=27 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


In mid-April 2021, the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|New Zealand Foreign Minister]] [[Nanaia Mahuta]] issued a statement that New Zealand would not let the Five Eyes alliance dictate its [[China-New Zealand relations|bilateral relationship]] with China and that New Zealand was uncomfortable with expanding the remit of the intelligence grouping. In response, the Australian Government expressed concern that Wellington was undermining collective efforts to combat what it regarded as Chinese aggression.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand says it will set China policy, not US-led Five Eyes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/19/new-zealand-says-it-will-set-china-policy-not-us-led-five-eyes |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421031634/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/19/new-zealand-says-it-will-set-china-policy-not-us-led-five-eyes |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Galloway |first1=Anthony |title=Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-was-blindsided-when-five-eyes-ally-new-zealand-backed-away-from-china-criticism-20210421-p57l5d.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421231216/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-was-blindsided-when-five-eyes-ally-new-zealand-backed-away-from-china-criticism-20210421-p57l5d.html |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|New Zealand Prime Minister]] [[Jacinda Ardern]] echoed Mahuta's remarks and claimed that while New Zealand was still committed to the Five Eyes alliance, it would not use the network as its first point of communication for non-security matters. While ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''{{'s}} defence editor [[Con Coughlin]] and British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament [[Bob Seely]] criticised New Zealand for undermining the Five Eyes' efforts to present a united front against Beijing, the Chinese ''[[Global Times]]'' praised New Zealand for putting its own [[national interest]]s over the Five Eyes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Audrey |title=NZ-China relations: Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-china-relations-jacinda-ardern-faces-bitter-attack-by-uk-writer-over-five-eyes-commitment/EFY37DRTFBSJQOVC5K6JFTMBE4/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421064512/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-china-relations-jacinda-ardern-faces-bitter-attack-by-uk-writer-over-five-eyes-commitment/EFY37DRTFBSJQOVC5K6JFTMBE4/ |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bourke |first1=Latika |title=Jacinda Ardern savaged as British Parliament declares treatment of Uyghurs 'genocide' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300284578/jacinda-ardern-savaged-as-british-parliament-declares-treatment-of-uyghurs-genocide |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=23 April 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422234611/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300284578/jacinda-ardern-savaged-as-british-parliament-declares-treatment-of-uyghurs-genocide |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ensor |first1=Jamie |title=China heaps praise on Nanaia Mahuta's 'remarkable' Five Eyes comments |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/china-heaps-praise-on-nanaia-mahuta-s-remarkable-five-eyes-comments.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421025543/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/china-heaps-praise-on-nanaia-mahuta-s-remarkable-five-eyes-comments.html |archive-date=21 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[2023 New Zealand general election]], the new New Zealand Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister [[Winston Peters]] promised closer cooperation with Five Eyes partners.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand foreign minister seeks closer ties with Five Eyes powers |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-foreign-minister-seeks-closer-ties-with-five-eyes-powers-2023-12-11/ |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=Reuters |date=11 December 2023}}</ref> According to ''[[The Economist]]'' and ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine, New Zealand foreign policy under the new [[Sixth National Government of New Zealand|National-led coalition government]] had shifted away from China in favour of closer relations with its traditional Five Eyes partners.<ref name="1 News 23 Oct 2024">{{cite news |title=Govt's foreign policy stance huge 'pivot' – international media |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/23/govts-foreign-policy-stance-huge-pivot-international-media/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=[[1News]] |date=23 October 2024}}</ref> During an interview with ''The Economist'', Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that he was looking to "diversify New Zealand's diplomatic and trade relationships away from its [[China-New Zealand relations|reliance]] on China".<ref name="The Economist 17 Oct 2024">{{cite news |title=New Zealand’s biggest pivot since the 1980s |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/10/17/new-zealands-biggest-pivot-since-the-1980s |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=[[The Economist]] |date=17 October 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In mid-December 2021, the [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]] along with the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement criticising the exclusion of opposition candidates, the [[Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Hong Kong national security law]], and urging China to respect human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong in accordance with the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joint Statement on Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections|url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-hong-kong-legislative-council-elections/|date=20 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221131341/https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-hong-kong-legislative-council-elections/|archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 December 2021|title=Hong Kong elections spark G7, EU, Five Eyes condemnation|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3160478/us-sanctions-five-chinese-officials-saying-hong-kong-elections|access-date=2021-12-21|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221151613/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3160478/us-sanctions-five-chinese-officials-saying-hong-kong-elections|archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the Chinese Government claimed the Hong Kong elections were fair and criticised the Five Eyes for interfering in Hong Kong's [[domestic affairs]].<ref>{{cite news |title=China accuses New Zealand and Five Eyes of interference over criticism of Hong Kong legislative elections |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/458459/china-accuses-new-zealand-and-five-eyes-of-interference-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-legislative-elections |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222075135/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/458459/china-accuses-new-zealand-and-five-eyes-of-interference-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-legislative-elections |archive-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |last2=Ni |first2=Vincent |title=China accuses Australia of 'violent' interference in Five Eyes response to Hong Kong election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/21/china-accuses-australia-of-violent-interference-in-five-eyes-response-to-hong-kong-election |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221101837/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/21/china-accuses-australia-of-violent-interference-in-five-eyes-response-to-hong-kong-election |archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


In late April 2021, the ''Global Times'' reported that China's [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]] will monitor employees of companies and organisations considered to be at risk of foreign infiltration while they travel to the Five Eyes countries. These employees will be required to report their travel destinations, agendas, and meetings with foreign personnel to Chinese authorities. Other security measures include undergoing "pre-departure spying education", and using different electronic devices while at home and while abroad.<ref>{{cite news |title=China announces measures to prevent foreign spying in companies |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-announces-measures-to-prevent-foreign-spying-in-companies |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427160750/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-announces-measures-to-prevent-foreign-spying-in-companies |archive-date=27 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Small |first1=Zane |title=China imposes strict anti-espionage measures on staff visiting New Zealand, Five Eyes nations |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/strict-anti-espionage-measures-imposed-on-chinese-staff-visiting-new-zealand-five-eyes-nations.html |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427031855/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/strict-anti-espionage-measures-imposed-on-chinese-staff-visiting-new-zealand-five-eyes-nations.html |archive-date=27 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2023 meeting===

In October 2023, the first known public meeting<ref name="2023-10-18_S">[https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/china-five-eyes-leaders-warn-chinas-intellectual-property-theft-program China: Five Eyes Leaders Warn of China's Intellectual Property Theft Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020080132/https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/china-five-eyes-leaders-warn-chinas-intellectual-property-theft-program |date=20 October 2023 }}, [[Stratfor]], 2023-10-18</ref> of the Five Eyes leaders occurred at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Hoover Institution]],<ref name="2023-10-19_ABC">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/asio-chief-says-no-reason-to-dispute-canada-india-spy-claim/102993480 ASIO chief says there's 'no reason to dispute' Canada's claims of Indian involvement in murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019065449/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/asio-chief-says-no-reason-to-dispute-canada-india-spy-claim/102993480 |date=19 October 2023 }}, Jade Macmillan, [[ABC News Online]], 2023-10-19</ref> [[California]], [[USA]]. They had been meeting in private at nearby [[Palo Alto]]. Present were:
In mid-December 2021, the [[United States Secretary of State]]; the Foreign Ministers of [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australia]], [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canada]], and [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|New Zealand]]; and the [[Foreign Secretary|UK Foreign Secretary]] issued a joint statement criticising the exclusion of opposition candidates by [[Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Hong Kong national security law]] and urging China to respect human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong in accordance with the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joint Statement on Hong Kong Legislative Council Elections|url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-hong-kong-legislative-council-elections/|date=20 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221131341/https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-hong-kong-legislative-council-elections/|archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 December 2021|title=Hong Kong elections spark G7, EU, Five Eyes condemnation|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3160478/us-sanctions-five-chinese-officials-saying-hong-kong-elections|access-date=2021-12-21|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221151613/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3160478/us-sanctions-five-chinese-officials-saying-hong-kong-elections|archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the Chinese Government claimed the Hong Kong elections were fair and criticised the Five Eyes for interfering in Hong Kong's [[domestic affairs]].<ref>{{cite news |title=China accuses New Zealand and Five Eyes of interference over criticism of Hong Kong legislative elections |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/458459/china-accuses-new-zealand-and-five-eyes-of-interference-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-legislative-elections |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222075135/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/458459/china-accuses-new-zealand-and-five-eyes-of-interference-over-criticism-of-hong-kong-legislative-elections |archive-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |last2=Ni |first2=Vincent |title=China accuses Australia of 'violent' interference in Five Eyes response to Hong Kong election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/21/china-accuses-australia-of-violent-interference-in-five-eyes-response-to-hong-kong-election |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221101837/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/21/china-accuses-australia-of-violent-interference-in-five-eyes-response-to-hong-kong-election |archive-date=21 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2023 meeting ===
The Five Eyes leaders held their first known public meeting<ref name="2023-10-18_S">[https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/china-five-eyes-leaders-warn-chinas-intellectual-property-theft-program China: Five Eyes Leaders Warn of China's Intellectual Property Theft Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020080132/https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/china-five-eyes-leaders-warn-chinas-intellectual-property-theft-program |date=20 October 2023 }}, [[Stratfor]], 2023-10-18</ref> at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Hoover Institution]]<ref name="2023-10-19_ABC">[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/asio-chief-says-no-reason-to-dispute-canada-india-spy-claim/102993480 ASIO chief says there's 'no reason to dispute' Canada's claims of Indian involvement in murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019065449/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/asio-chief-says-no-reason-to-dispute-canada-india-spy-claim/102993480 |date=19 October 2023 }}, Jade Macmillan, [[ABC News Online]], 2023-10-19</ref> in [[California]] in the US. They had been meeting privately nearby in [[Palo Alto]]. Present were:
* Australia's [[ASIO]] [[Director-General of Security|Director General]] [[Mike Burgess (intelligence chief)|Mike Burgess]],
* Australia's [[ASIO]] [[Director-General of Security|Director General]] [[Mike Burgess (intelligence chief)|Mike Burgess]],
* Canada's [[Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service#Leadership|CSIS head]] [[David Vigneault]],
* Canada's [[Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service#Leadership|CSIS head]] [[David Vigneault]],
* New Zealand's [[New Zealand Security Intelligence Service|NZSIS]] [[New_Zealand_Security_Intelligence_Service#Directors|Director General]] [[Andrew Hampton]],
* New Zealand's [[New Zealand Security Intelligence Service|NZSIS]] [[New_Zealand_Security_Intelligence_Service#Directors|Director General]] [[Andrew Hampton]],
* UK's [[Director General of MI5]] [[Ken McCallum]], and
* the UK's [[Director General of MI5]] [[Ken McCallum]], and
* USA's [[FBI]] [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]] [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]].<ref name="2023-10-16_FBI">[https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-hosts-five-eyes-summit-to-launch-drive-to-secure-innovation-in-response-to-intelligence-threats FBI Hosts Five Eyes Summit to Launch Drive to Secure Innovation in Response to Intelligence Threats], [[FBI]] press release, 2023-10-16</ref>
* the US's [[FBI]] [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]] [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]].<ref name="2023-10-16_FBI">[https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-hosts-five-eyes-summit-to-launch-drive-to-secure-innovation-in-response-to-intelligence-threats FBI Hosts Five Eyes Summit to Launch Drive to Secure Innovation in Response to Intelligence Threats], [[FBI]] press release, 2023-10-16</ref>


They made public statements on topics such as the death in Canada of [[Hardeep Singh Nijjar]]<ref name="2023-10-19_ABC" /> and [[Cyberwarfare by China|Chinese state-backed hackers]].<ref name="2023-10-18_S" />
Matters covered in public statements included:
* the death in Canada of [[Hardeep Singh Nijjar]]<ref name="2023-10-19_ABC" />
* [[Cyberwarfare by China|Chinese state-backed hackers]]<ref name="2023-10-18_S" />


== Domestic espionage sharing controversy ==
== Domestic espionage sharing controversy ==
{{Quote box|width=246px|align=right|The Five Eyes alliance is sort of an artifact of the post [[World War II]] era where the [[Anglosphere|Anglophone]] countries are the major powers banded together to sort of co-operate and share the costs of intelligence gathering infrastructure. ... The result of this was over decades and decades some sort of a [[Supranational union|supra-national]] intelligence organisation that doesn't answer to the laws of its own countries.|salign = right |source=—[[Edward Snowden]]<ref name="ndr">{{cite web|title=Snowden-Interview: Transcript|url=http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html|publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|access-date=28 January 2014|date=26 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128224438/http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html|archive-date=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{Quote box|width=246px|align=right|The Five Eyes alliance is sort of an artifact of the post [[World War II]] era where the [[Anglosphere|Anglophone]] countries are the major powers banded together to sort of co-operate and share the costs of intelligence gathering infrastructure. ... The result of this was over decades and decades some sort of a [[Supranational union|supra-national]] intelligence organisation that doesn't answer to the laws of its own countries.|salign = right |source=—[[Edward Snowden]]<ref name="ndr">{{cite web|title=Snowden-Interview: Transcript|url=http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html|publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|access-date=28 January 2014|date=26 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128224438/http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden277_page-2.html|archive-date=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>}}


One of the core principles is that members do not spy on other ''governments'' in the alliance. US [[Director of National Intelligence]] Admiral [[Dennis C. Blair]] said in 2013: "We do not spy on each other. We just ask."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/we-need-five-eyes-spy-network-oversight |title=We need the Five Eyes spy network, but with oversight |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |author=Richard McGregor |date=12 January 2019 |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415183610/https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/we-need-five-eyes-spy-network-oversight |url-status=live }}</ref>
One of the Five Eyes' core principles is that members do not spy on other governments in the alliance. US [[Director of National Intelligence]] Admiral [[Dennis C. Blair]] said in 2013, "We do not spy on each other. We just ask."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/we-need-five-eyes-spy-network-oversight |title=We need the Five Eyes spy network, but with oversight |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |author=Richard McGregor |date=12 January 2019 |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415183610/https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/we-need-five-eyes-spy-network-oversight |url-status=live }}</ref>


In recent years, documents of the FVEY have shown that they are intentionally spying on one another's ''citizens'' and sharing the collected information with each other, although the FVEYs countries claim that all intelligence sharing was done legally, according to the domestic law of the respective nations.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite web|first=James|last=Ball|title=US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 January 2014|date=20 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120033754/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/us-uk-secret-deal-surveillance-personal-data|archive-date=20 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="guardian2">{{cite web|first=Ewen|last=MacAskill|title=Revealed: Australian spy agency offered to share data about ordinary citizens|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 January 2014|date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118092435/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens|archive-date=18 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="guardian3">{{cite web|last=Watt|first=Nicholas|title=NSA 'offers intelligence to British counterparts to skirt UK law'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=19 January 2014|date=10 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229105310/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett|archive-date=29 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reuters1">[http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE95K10620130621 British spy agency taps cables, shares with U.S. NSA – Guardian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125021330/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE95K10620130621 |date=2014-01-25}}, [[Reuters]], 21 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Helen|title=NSA files: Australian spies scooped up thousands of email accounts to help US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/nsa-files-australian-spies-scooped-up-thousands-of-email-accounts-to-help-us|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016124848/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/nsa-files-australian-spies-scooped-up-thousands-of-email-accounts-to-help-us|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shami Chakrabarti]], the director of the [[advocacy group]] [[Liberty (pressure group)|Liberty]], claimed that the FVEY alliance increases the ability of member states to "subcontract their dirty work" to each other.<ref name="guardianbeaumont">{{cite web|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|title=NSA leaks: US and Britain team up on mass surveillance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/22/nsa-leaks-britain-us-surveillance|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=22 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231082219/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/22/nsa-leaks-britain-us-surveillance|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The former NSA contractor Edward Snowden described the FVEY as a "supra-national intelligence organisation that doesn't answer to the laws of its own countries". While many claims of illegal intelligence sharing among FVEY nations have been made, only once has any FVEY intelligence agency been shown to have broken the law with intelligence sharing in Canada.<ref name="ndr" />
However, in recent years, FVEY documents have shown that member agencies are intentionally spying on one another's private citizens and sharing the collected information with each other.<ref name="guardian1" /><ref name="guardian2">{{cite web|first=Ewen|last=MacAskill|title=Revealed: Australian spy agency offered to share data about ordinary citizens|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 January 2014|date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118092435/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/02/revealed-australian-spy-agency-offered-to-share-data-about-ordinary-citizens|archive-date=18 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shami Chakrabarti]], director of the [[advocacy group]] [[Liberty (pressure group)|Liberty]], claimed that the FVEY alliance increases the ability of member states to "subcontract their dirty work" to each other.<ref name="guardianbeaumont">{{cite web|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|title=NSA leaks: US and Britain team up on mass surveillance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/22/nsa-leaks-britain-us-surveillance|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=22 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231082219/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/22/nsa-leaks-britain-us-surveillance|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> FVEY countries maintain that all intelligence sharing is done legally, according to the domestic law of the respective nations.<ref name="guardian3">{{cite web|last=Watt|first=Nicholas|title=NSA 'offers intelligence to British counterparts to skirt UK law'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=19 January 2014|date=10 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229105310/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/10/nsa-offers-intelligence-british-counterparts-blunkett|archive-date=29 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="reuters1">[http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE95K10620130621 British spy agency taps cables, shares with U.S. NSA – Guardian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125021330/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE95K10620130621 |date=2014-01-25}}, [[Reuters]], 21 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Helen|title=NSA files: Australian spies scooped up thousands of email accounts to help US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/nsa-files-australian-spies-scooped-up-thousands-of-email-accounts-to-help-us|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2 February 2014|date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016124848/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/nsa-files-australian-spies-scooped-up-thousands-of-email-accounts-to-help-us|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


As a result of Snowden's disclosures, the FVEY alliance has become the subject of a growing amount of controversy in parts of the world:
As a result of Snowden's disclosures, the FVEY alliance has become the subject of a growing amount of controversy in parts of the world:


* Canada: In late 2013, Canadian federal judge [[Richard Mosley]] strongly rebuked the CSIS for outsourcing its surveillance of Canadians to overseas partner agencies. A 51-page [[court ruling]] asserts that the CSIS and other Canadian federal agencies have been illegally enlisting FVEY allies in [[global surveillance]] dragnets, while keeping [[Federal Court (Canada)|domestic federal courts]] in the dark.<ref>{{cite news|last=Colin Freeze|title=Canada's spy agencies chastised for duping courts|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-spy-agencies-chastised-for-duping-courts/article16081238/|access-date=27 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=Dec 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225223400/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-spy-agencies-chastised-for-duping-courts/article16081238/|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ian MacLeod |title=CSIS asked foreign agencies to spy on Canadians, kept court in dark, judge says |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS+asked+foreign+agencies+Canadians+kept+court+dark+judge+says/9312615/story.html |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |access-date=19 December 2015 |date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222085228/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS%2Basked%2Bforeign%2Bagencies%2BCanadians%2Bkept%2Bcourt%2Bdark%2Bjudge%2Bsays/9312615/story.html |archive-date=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stewart Bell|title=Court rebukes CSIS for secretly asking international allies to spy on Canadian terror suspects travelling abroad|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/25/court-rebukes-csis-for-secretly-asking-international-allies-to-spy-on-canadian-terror-suspects/|work=[[National Post]]|access-date=27 December 2013|date=November 25, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131227115832/http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/25/court-rebukes-csis-for-secretly-asking-international-allies-to-spy-on-canadian-terror-suspects/|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In late 2013, Canadian federal judge [[Richard Mosley]] strongly rebuked the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|CSIS]] for outsourcing its surveillance of Canadians to overseas partner agencies. A 51-page [[court ruling]] asserts that the CSIS and other Canadian federal agencies have been illegally enlisting FVEY allies in [[global surveillance]] dragnets, while keeping [[Federal Court (Canada)|domestic federal courts]] in the dark.<ref>{{cite news|last=Colin Freeze|title=Canada's spy agencies chastised for duping courts|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-spy-agencies-chastised-for-duping-courts/article16081238/|access-date=27 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=Dec 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225223400/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-spy-agencies-chastised-for-duping-courts/article16081238/|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ian MacLeod |title=CSIS asked foreign agencies to spy on Canadians, kept court in dark, judge says |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS+asked+foreign+agencies+Canadians+kept+court+dark+judge+says/9312615/story.html |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |access-date=19 December 2015 |date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222085228/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS%2Basked%2Bforeign%2Bagencies%2BCanadians%2Bkept%2Bcourt%2Bdark%2Bjudge%2Bsays/9312615/story.html |archive-date=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stewart Bell|title=Court rebukes CSIS for secretly asking international allies to spy on Canadian terror suspects travelling abroad|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/25/court-rebukes-csis-for-secretly-asking-international-allies-to-spy-on-canadian-terror-suspects/|work=[[National Post]]|access-date=27 December 2013|date=November 25, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131227115832/http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/25/court-rebukes-csis-for-secretly-asking-international-allies-to-spy-on-canadian-terror-suspects/|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
* New Zealand: In 2014, the NZSIS and the GCSB of New Zealand were asked by the [[New Zealand Parliament]] to clarify if they had received any monetary contributions from members of the FVEY alliance. Both agencies withheld relevant information and refused to disclose any possible monetary contributions from the FVEY.<ref name="radionnz" /> [[David Cunliffe]], leader of the Labour Party, asserted that the public is entitled to be informed.<ref name="radionnz">{{cite web|title=Spy agencies silent over funding|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/237108/spy-agencies-silent-over-funding|publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]]|access-date=24 February 2014|date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304014814/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/237108/spy-agencies-silent-over-funding|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2014, New Zealand's [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] asked the [[NZSIS]] and the [[GCSB]] if they had received any monetary contributions from members of the FVEY alliance. Neither agency responded to these inquiries, instead stating that they do not collect metadata on New Zealanders. [[David Cunliffe]], leader of the Labour Party, asserted that the public is entitled to be informed of foreign funding if the disclosure does not compromise the agencies' operations.<ref name="radionnz">{{cite web|title=Spy agencies silent over funding|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/237108/spy-agencies-silent-over-funding|publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]]|access-date=24 February 2014|date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304014814/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/237108/spy-agencies-silent-over-funding|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* European Union: In early 2014, the European Parliament's [[Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs]] released a draft report which confirmed that the intelligence agencies of New Zealand and Canada have cooperated with the NSA under the Five Eyes programme and may have been actively sharing the personal data of EU citizens. The EU report did not investigate if any international or domestic US laws were broken by the US and did not claim that any FVEY nation was illegally conducting intelligence collection on the EU. The NSA maintains that any intelligence collection done on the EU was in accordance with domestic US law and international law. So far, no court case has found the NSA broke any laws while spying on the EU.<ref>{{cite web|last=MacLeod|first=Ian|title=European report calls for review of data sharing with Canada over spy concerns|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/technology/European+report+calls+review+data+sharing+with+Canada+over+concerns/9369839/story.html|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221153557/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/European+report+calls+review+data+sharing+with+Canada+over+concerns/9369839/story.html|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DRAFT REPORT on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/libe/dv/moraes_1014703_/moraes_1014703_en.pdf|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=8 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124182943/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/libe/dv/moraes_1014703_/moraes_1014703_en.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In early 2014, the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs]] released a report that confirmed that the intelligence agencies of New Zealand and Canada have cooperated with the [[NSA]] under the Five Eyes programme and may have been actively sharing the personal data of [[European Union|EU]] citizens. The EU report did not investigate if any international or domestic US laws were broken by the US and did not claim that any FVEY nation was illegally conducting intelligence collection on the EU. The NSA maintains that any intelligence collection done on the EU was in accordance with domestic US law and international law.<ref>{{cite web|last=MacLeod|first=Ian|title=European report calls for review of data sharing with Canada over spy concerns|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/technology/European+report+calls+review+data+sharing+with+Canada+over+concerns/9369839/story.html|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221153557/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/European+report+calls+review+data+sharing+with+Canada+over+concerns/9369839/story.html|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=REPORT on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2014-0139_EN.html|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|access-date=21 July 2024|date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302233557/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2014-0139_EN.html|archive-date=2 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* United Kingdom: In 2013, the British Parliament's [[Intelligence and Security Committee]] conducted an investigation and concluded that the [[GCHQ]] had broken no domestic British laws in its intelligence sharing operations with the [[NSA]]. According the investigation "It has been alleged that GCHQ circumvented UK law by using the NSA’s PRISM programme to access the content of private communications. From the evidence we have seen, we have concluded that this is unfounded. We have reviewed the reports that GCHQ produced on the basis of intelligence sought from the US, and we are satisfied that they conformed with GCHQ’s statutory duties. The legal authority for this is contained in the Intelligence Services Act 1994. Further, in each case where GCHQ sought information from the US, a warrant for interception, signed by a Minister, was already in place, in accordance with the legal safeguards contained in the [[Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/us-prism-gchqs-alleged-interception-of-communications | title=US PRISM: GCHQ's alleged interception of communications}}</ref>
* In 2013, the British [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]'s [[Intelligence and Security Committee]] (ISC) conducted an investigation and concluded that the [[GCHQ]] had broken no domestic British laws in its use of data gathered through the NSA's [[PRISM]]. According to the ISC report, The GCHQ provided documents which "conformed with GCHQ's statutory duties" and authority as established by the [[Intelligence Services Act 1994]]. Requests made to the US corresponded with extant warrants for interception in accordance with the [[Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000]]. The ISC also questioned whether the UK's legal framework was sufficient.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/us-prism-gchqs-alleged-interception-of-communications | title=US PRISM: GCHQ's alleged interception of communications}}</ref>
* United States: So far, no court case has been brought against any [[US intelligence community]] member claiming that they went around US domestic law to have foreign countries spy on US citizens and give that intelligence to the US. However, this may change as attention is paid to the anticipated public releases regarding [[Operation Lobos 1]], [[Operation Trojan Shield]] and [[Project Habitance]]. These operations received information from foreign government's for spying on U.S. citizens. [[Operation Trojan Shield]] is the only operation confirmed to have been initialized by the FBI, but required the Australian government to execute the operation as it wasn't legal in the United States. 17 U.S. citizens have been charged in U.S. federal court between 2021 and 2024, but none of the cases as of April 2024 had proceeded past the initial pretrial stages.
* As of April 2024, no court case has been brought against any [[United States|US]] [[US intelligence community|intelligence community]] member claiming that they went around US domestic law by soliciting foreign countries to spy on US citizens and give that intelligence to the US. This may change as attention is paid to the anticipated public releases regarding [[Operation Lobos 1]], [[Operation Trojan Shield]], and [[Project Habitance]]. These operations received information from foreign governments for spying on US citizens. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] did initiate [[Operation Trojan Shield]], which was illegal in the US and so relied on the [[Australia]]n government. 17 U.S. citizens have been charged in U.S. federal court between 2021 and 2024, but none of the cases as of April 2024 had proceeded past the initial pretrial stages.{{Clarify|date=July 2024}}{{Cn|date=July 2024}}


== Other international cooperatives ==
== Other international cooperatives ==
Beginning with its founding by the United States and United Kingdom in 1946, the alliance expanded twice, inducting Canada in 1948 and Australia and New Zealand in 1956, establishing the Five Eyes as it remains to this day.<ref name=bbc5l>{{cite web|last=Kelion|first=Leo|title=NSA-GCHQ Snowden leaks: A glossary of the key terms|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25085592|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127205439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25085592|archive-date=27 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cphpost>{{cite web|last=Cremer|first=Justin|title=Denmark is one of the NSA's '9-Eyes'|url=http://cphpost.dk/news/denmark-is-one-of-the-nsas-9-eyes.7611.html|work=[[The Copenhagen Post]]|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010450/http://cphpost.dk/news/denmark-is-one-of-the-nsas-9-eyes.7611.html|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Further, there are nations termed "Third Party Partners" that share their intelligence with the Five Eyes despite not being formal members. While the Five Eyes is rooted in a particular agreement with specific operations amongst the five nations, similar sharing agreements have been set up independently and for specific purposes; for example, according to Edward Snowden, the NSA has a "massive body" called the Foreign Affairs Directorate dedicated to partnering with foreign countries beyond the alliance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-whistleblower-edward-snowden-on-global-spying-a-910006.html|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=8 July 2013|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706080155/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-whistleblower-edward-snowden-on-global-spying-a-910006.html|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


Beginning with its founding by the United States and United Kingdom in 1946, the alliance expanded twice, inducting Canada in 1948 and Australia and New Zealand in 1956, establishing the Five Eyes as it is today. Additionally, there are nations termed "Third Party Partners" that share their intelligence with the Five Eyes despite not being formal members. While the Five Eyes is rooted in a particular agreement with specific operations among the five nations, similar sharing agreements have been set up independently and for specific purposes; for example, according to Edward Snowden, the NSA has a "massive body" called the Foreign Affairs Directorate dedicated to partnering with foreign countries beyond the alliance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-whistleblower-edward-snowden-on-global-spying-a-910006.html|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=8 July 2013|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706080155/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-whistleblower-edward-snowden-on-global-spying-a-910006.html|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=bbc5l>{{cite web|last=Kelion|first=Leo|title=NSA-GCHQ Snowden leaks: A glossary of the key terms|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25085592|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127205439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25085592|archive-date=27 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cphpost>{{cite web|last=Cremer|first=Justin|title=Denmark is one of the NSA's '9-Eyes'|url=http://cphpost.dk/news/denmark-is-one-of-the-nsas-9-eyes.7611.html|work=[[The Copenhagen Post]]|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010450/http://cphpost.dk/news/denmark-is-one-of-the-nsas-9-eyes.7611.html|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Six Eyes (proposed)===


=== Six Eyes (proposed) - Israel, Singapore, South Korea, Japan ===
Several countries have been prospective members of the Five Eyes. [[Israel]],<ref>יוסי מלמן, קירבה יוצאת דופן: על שיתוף הפעולה המודיעיני בין ישראל לארצות הברית, מעריב השבוע, 11 בספטמבר 2013 (Google translates as "Yossi Melman, an unusual closeness: about the intelligence cooperation between Israel and the United States, Maariv this week, September 11, 2013")</ref> [[Singapore]], [[South Korea]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Dorling|first=Philip|title=Singapore, South Korea revealed as Five Eyes spying partners|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/singapore-south-korea-revealed-as-five-eyes-spying-partners-20131124-2y433.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131141750/http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/singapore-south-korea-revealed-as-five-eyes-spying-partners-20131124-2y433.html|archive-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> and [[Japan]] have or continue to collaborate with the alliance, though none are formally members.<ref>{{cite web|date=Jan 10, 2018|title=Japan lends its vision to 'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Japan-lends-its-vision-to-Five-Eyes-intelligence-alliance|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205212759/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Japan-lends-its-vision-to-Five-Eyes-intelligence-alliance|archive-date=February 5, 2019|access-date=Feb 6, 2019}}</ref> According to French [[news magazine]] ''[[L'Obs]]'', in 2009, the United States propositioned France to join the treaty and form a subsequent "Six Eyes" alliance. French President at the time [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] required that France have the same status as the other members, including the signing of a "no-spy agreement". This proposal was approved by the director of the NSA, but rejected by the director of the CIA and by President [[Barack Obama]], resulting in a refusal from France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20150625.OBS1569/exclusif-comment-la-france-ecoute-aussi-le-monde.html|title=EXCLUSIF. Comment la France écoute (aussi) le monde|last=Jauvert|first=Vincent|date=1 July 2015|work=[[L'Obs]]|access-date=10 July 2015|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711201907/https://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20150625.OBS1569/exclusif-comment-la-france-ecoute-aussi-le-monde.html|archive-date=11 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


Several countries have been prospective members of the Five Eyes including Israel,<ref>יוסי מלמן, קירבה יוצאת דופן: על שיתוף הפעולה המודיעיני בין ישראל לארצות הברית, מעריב השבוע, 11 בספטמבר 2013 (Google translates as "Yossi Melman, an unusual closeness: about the intelligence cooperation between Israel and the United States, Maariv this week, September 11, 2013")</ref> South Korea and Japan, that have collaborated with FYEY.
In 2013 it was reported that Germany was interested in joining the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Adam|title=NSA: Germany Was 'a Little Grumpy' About Being Left Out of Spying Club|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/nsa-germany-insulted-it-got-left-out-of-spying.html|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125104748/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/nsa-germany-insulted-it-got-left-out-of-spying.html|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>David Sanger and Mark Mazzetti (24 October 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/europe/allegation-of-us-spying-on-merkel-puts-obama-at-crossroads.html Allegation of U.S. Spying on Merkel Puts Obama at Crossroads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205123518/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/europe/allegation-of-us-spying-on-merkel-puts-obama-at-crossroads.html |date=2017-02-05}} ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> At that time, several members of the United States Congress, including [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] and [[Charlie Dent|Charles Dent]], were pushing for Germany's entrance to the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Passenheim|first=Antje|title=US lawmakers push for German entrance to Five Eyes spy alliance|url=http://www.dw.com/us-lawmakers-push-for-german-entrance-to-five-eyes-spy-alliance/a-17246049|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=22 November 2013|archive-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822195719/https://www.dw.com/en/us-lawmakers-push-for-german-entrance-to-five-eyes-spy-alliance/a-17246049|url-status=live}}</ref>


NSA whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]] leaked documents from the NSA that showed Singapore, one of the world's biggest digital telecommunications hubs, is a key “third party” working with the “Five Eyes” intelligence partners,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorling |first=Philip |date=2013-11-24 |title=New Snowden leaks reveal US, Australia's Asian allies |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/new-snowden-leaks-reveal-us-australias-asian-allies-20131124-2y3mh.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en}}</ref> and continue to collaborate intensively with the alliance, though Singapore, Israel, South Korea and Japan are formally non-members.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dorling|first=Philip|title=Singapore, South Korea revealed as Five Eyes spying partners|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/singapore-south-korea-revealed-as-five-eyes-spying-partners-20131124-2y433.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131141750/http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/singapore-south-korea-revealed-as-five-eyes-spying-partners-20131124-2y433.html|archive-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|date=Jan 10, 2018|title=Japan lends its vision to 'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Japan-lends-its-vision-to-Five-Eyes-intelligence-alliance|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205212759/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Japan-lends-its-vision-to-Five-Eyes-intelligence-alliance|archive-date=February 5, 2019|access-date=Feb 6, 2019}}</ref>
===Five Eyes Plus===

Since 2018, through an initiative sometimes termed "Five Eyes Plus 3", Five Eyes formed associations with [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] to introduce an information-sharing framework to counter threats arising from foreign activities of [[China]] as well as Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190204/p2a/00m/0na/001000c |title=Five Eyes intel group ties up with Japan, Germany, France to counter China in cyberspace |newspaper=Mainichi Daily News |date=Feb 4, 2019 |access-date=Feb 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015706/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190204/p2a/00m/0na/001000c |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fiveeyes/exclusive-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-builds-coalition-to-counter-china-idUSKCN1MM0GH |title=Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China |newspaper=Reuters |date=Oct 12, 2018 |access-date=Feb 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072341/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fiveeyes/exclusive-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-builds-coalition-to-counter-china-idUSKCN1MM0GH |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Five Eyes plus France, Japan and South Korea share information about [[North Korea]]'s military activities including ballistic missiles, in an arrangement sometimes dubbed "Five Eyes Plus".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/five-eyes-countries-eye-expanded-cooperation-amid-north-korea-challenges |title='Five Eyes' Countries Eye Expanded Cooperation Amid North Korea Challenges |date=Jan 28, 2020 |access-date=Jan 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127234055/https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/five-eyes-countries-eye-expanded-cooperation-amid-north-korea-challenges/ |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
According to French [[news magazine]] ''[[L'Obs]]'', in 2009, the United States propositioned France to join the treaty and form a subsequent "Six Eyes" alliance. The French President at the time, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], requested that France have the same status as the other members, including the signing of a "no-spy agreement". This proposal was approved by the director of the NSA, but rejected by the director of the CIA and by President [[Barack Obama]], resulting in a refusal from France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20150625.OBS1569/exclusif-comment-la-france-ecoute-aussi-le-monde.html|title=EXCLUSIF. Comment la France écoute (aussi) le monde|last=Jauvert|first=Vincent|date=1 July 2015|work=[[L'Obs]]|access-date=10 July 2015|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711201907/https://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20150625.OBS1569/exclusif-comment-la-france-ecoute-aussi-le-monde.html|archive-date=11 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine reported in 2013 that Germany was interested in joining the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Adam|title=NSA: Germany Was 'a Little Grumpy' About Being Left Out of Spying Club|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/nsa-germany-insulted-it-got-left-out-of-spying.html|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125104748/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/nsa-germany-insulted-it-got-left-out-of-spying.html|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>David Sanger and Mark Mazzetti (24 October 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/europe/allegation-of-us-spying-on-merkel-puts-obama-at-crossroads.html Allegation of U.S. Spying on Merkel Puts Obama at Crossroads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205123518/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/europe/allegation-of-us-spying-on-merkel-puts-obama-at-crossroads.html |date=2017-02-05}} ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> At the time, several members of the United States Congress, including [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] and [[Charlie Dent|Charles Dent]], were pushing for Germany's entry to the Five Eyes alliance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Passenheim|first=Antje|title=US lawmakers push for German entrance to Five Eyes spy alliance|url=http://www.dw.com/us-lawmakers-push-for-german-entrance-to-five-eyes-spy-alliance/a-17246049|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=22 November 2013|archive-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822195719/https://www.dw.com/en/us-lawmakers-push-for-german-entrance-to-five-eyes-spy-alliance/a-17246049|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Five Eyes Plus ===

As of 2018 through an initiative sometimes termed "Five Eyes Plus 3", Five Eyes has agreements with France, Germany, and Japan to introduce an information-sharing framework to counter China and Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190204/p2a/00m/0na/001000c |title=Five Eyes intel group ties up with Japan, Germany, France to counter China in cyberspace |newspaper=Mainichi Daily News |date=Feb 4, 2019 |access-date=Feb 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015706/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190204/p2a/00m/0na/001000c |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fiveeyes/exclusive-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-builds-coalition-to-counter-china-idUSKCN1MM0GH |title=Exclusive: Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China |newspaper=Reuters |date=Oct 12, 2018 |access-date=Feb 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072341/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fiveeyes/exclusive-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-builds-coalition-to-counter-china-idUSKCN1MM0GH |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Five Eyes plus France, Japan and South Korea share information about North Korea's military activities, including ballistic missiles, in an arrangement sometimes dubbed "Five Eyes Plus".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/five-eyes-countries-eye-expanded-cooperation-amid-north-korea-challenges |title='Five Eyes' Countries Eye Expanded Cooperation Amid North Korea Challenges |date=Jan 28, 2020 |access-date=Jan 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127234055/https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/five-eyes-countries-eye-expanded-cooperation-amid-north-korea-challenges/ |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Nine Eyes ===


===Nine Eyes===
[[File:Nine Eyes.svg|thumb|350px|A map of the Nine Eyes countries]]
[[File:Nine Eyes.svg|thumb|350px|A map of the Nine Eyes countries]]
The Nine Eyes is a different arrangement that consists of the same members of Five Eyes working with Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Norway.<ref name=bbc5l /><ref name=cphpost />
The Nine Eyes is a different group that consists of the Five Eyes members as well as Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway.<ref name=bbc5l /><ref name=cphpost />


===Fourteen Eyes===
=== Fourteen Eyes ===


[[File:Fourteen Eyes.svg|thumb|350px|A map of the Fourteen Eyes countries]]
[[File:Fourteen Eyes.svg|thumb|350px|A map of the Fourteen Eyes countries]]
According to a document leaked by Edward Snowden, there is another working agreement among 14 nations officially known as SIGINT Seniors Europe, or "'''SSEUR'''".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rensfeldt|first=Gunnar|title=Read the Snowden Documents From the NSA|url=http://www.svt.se/ug/read-the-snowden-documents-from-the-nsa|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=11 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209113539/http://www.svt.se/ug/read-the-snowden-documents-from-the-nsa|archive-date=9 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> These "14 Eyes" consist of the same members of Nine Eyes plus Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.<ref name=bbc5l /><ref name=cphpost />
According to a document leaked by Edward Snowden, there is another working agreement among 14 nations officially known as "SIGINT Seniors Europe", or "'''SSEUR'''".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rensfeldt|first=Gunnar|title=Read the Snowden Documents From the NSA|url=http://www.svt.se/ug/read-the-snowden-documents-from-the-nsa|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|access-date=14 February 2014|date=11 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209113539/http://www.svt.se/ug/read-the-snowden-documents-from-the-nsa|archive-date=9 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> This "14 Eyes" group consists of the Nine Eyes members plus Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.<ref name=bbc5l /><ref name=cphpost />


===Further intelligence sharing collaborations===
=== Further intelligence sharing collaborations ===


As spelled out by [[Privacy International]], there are a number of issue-specific intelligence agreements that include some or all the above nations and numerous others, such as:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/412|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016163737/https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/412|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-16|title=The Five Eyes Fact Sheet - Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/27/world/nsa-asked-japan-to-tap-regionwide-fiber-optic-cables-in-2011/#.UuaO__vTWwo|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420083550/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/27/world/nsa-asked-japan-to-tap-regionwide-fiber-optic-cables-in-2011/#.UuaO__vTWwo|archive-date=20 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
As [[Privacy International]] explains, there are a number of issue-specific intelligence agreements that include some or all of the above nations and numerous others, such as:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/412|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016163737/https://www.privacyinternational.org/node/412|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-16|title=The Five Eyes Fact Sheet - Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/27/world/nsa-asked-japan-to-tap-regionwide-fiber-optic-cables-in-2011/#.UuaO__vTWwo|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=27 January 2014|date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420083550/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/27/world/nsa-asked-japan-to-tap-regionwide-fiber-optic-cables-in-2011/#.UuaO__vTWwo|archive-date=20 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* An area-specific sharing agreement among 41 nations including the 14 Eyes and the [[Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom|international coalition in Afghanistan]].

* A "focused cooperation" on computer network exploitation between the Five Eyes nations and Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
* An area specific sharing amongst the 41 nations that formed the [[Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom|allied coalition in Afghanistan]];
* The [[Club de Berne]] with 17, primarily European members.
* A shared effort of the Five Eyes nations in "focused cooperation" on computer network exploitation with Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey;
* [[The Counterterrorist Group]], a wider membership than the 17 European states that make up the Club of Berne, including the United States.
* [[Club de Berne|Club of Berne]]: 17 members including primarily European States; the US is not a member;
* [[Maximator (intelligence alliance)|Maximator]]: an intelligence alliance between Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Sweden
* [[Maximator (intelligence alliance)|Maximator]], an intelligence alliance between Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maximator, a European spy pact to rival the Five Eyes, comes to light |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/05/26/a-european-spy-pact-to-rival-the-five-eyes-comes-to-light |newspaper=The Economist |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref>
* The NATO Special Committee made up of the heads of the security services of [[NATO]]'s 32 member countries.{{Cn|date=July 2024}}
* [[The Counterterrorist Group]]: a wider membership than the 17 European states that make up the Club of Berne, and includes the US;
* NATO Special Committee: made up of the heads of the security services of [[NATO]]'s 32 member countries
* [[Virtual Global Taskforce]] - 14 Member country law enforcement agencies intelligence and law enforcement group who operate together to stop online child sex abuse. Australia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Columbia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand, U.A.E., Philippines, United States.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[The Technical Cooperation Program]] (technology and science)
* [[The Technical Cooperation Program]] (technology and science)
* [[Tizard Mission]]
* [[Tizard Mission]]

===International relations===
=== International relations ===
* [[Australia–Canada relations]]
* [[Australia–Canada relations]]
* [[Australia–New Zealand relations]]
* [[Australia–New Zealand relations]]
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==Further reading==
== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Kerbaj |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Kerbaj |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1338655960 |title=The secret history of the Five Eyes : the untold story of the international spy network |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-78946-503-7 |publisher=Blink |location=London |oclc=1338655960}}
* {{cite book |last=Kerbaj |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Kerbaj |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1338655960 |title=The secret history of the Five Eyes : the untold story of the international spy network |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-78946-503-7 |publisher=Blink |location=London |oclc=1338655960}}
* {{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Michael |title=The Real Special Relationship : The True Story of How The British and US Secret Services Work Together |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-4711-8679-0 |publisher=Arcade |location=London}}
* {{cite book |last=Smith |first=Michael |title=The Real Special Relationship : The True Story of How The British and US Secret Services Work Together |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-4711-8679-0 |publisher=Arcade |location=London}}
*Williams, Brad. "Why the Five Eyes? Power and Identity in the Formation of a Multilateral Intelligence Grouping." ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' 25, no. 1 (2023): 101-137.
* Williams, Brad. "Why the Five Eyes? Power and Identity in the Formation of a Multilateral Intelligence Grouping." ''Journal of Cold War Studies'' 25, no. 1 (2023): 101-137.


==External links==
== External links ==
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukusa/ UKUSA Agreement] at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukusa/ UKUSA Agreement] at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130702172840/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/ukusa.shtml UKUSA Agreement] at the [[National Security Agency]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130702172840/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/ukusa.shtml UKUSA Agreement] at the [[National Security Agency]]
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Five Eyes
Members shown in blue
Members shown in blue
Working languageEnglish
TypeIntelligence alliance
Members
Establishment
August 14, 1941; 83 years ago (1941-08-14)
May 17, 1943; 81 years ago (1943-05-17)
NSA Headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
ASIO central office, Canberra, Australia
GCHQ, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
CSE Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NZSIS Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand

The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an Anglosphere intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[1] These countries are party to the multilateral UK-USA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence.[2][3][4] Informally, "Five Eyes" can refer to the group of intelligence agencies of these countries. The term "Five Eyes" originated as shorthand for a "AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US Eyes Only" (AUSCANNZUKUS) releasability caveat.[5]

The origins of the FVEY can be traced to informal, secret meetings during World War II between British and American code-breakers that took place before the US formally entered the war.[6] The alliance was formalized in the post-war era by the UK-USA Agreement in 1946. As the Cold War deepened, the intelligence sharing arrangement was formalised under the ECHELON surveillance system in the 1960s.[7] This system was developed by the FVEY to monitor the communications of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc; it is now used to monitor communications worldwide.[8][9] The FVEY expanded its surveillance capabilities during the course of the "war on terror", with much emphasis placed on monitoring the Internet. The alliance has grown into a robust global surveillance mechanism, adapting to new domains such as international terrorism, cyberattacks, and contemporary regional conflicts.

The alliance's activities, often shrouded in secrecy, have occasionally come under scrutiny for their implications on privacy and civil liberties, sparking debates and legal challenges. In the late 1990s, the existence of ECHELON was disclosed to the public, triggering a debate in the European Parliament and, to a lesser extent, the United States Congress and British Parliament. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden described the Five Eyes as a "supra-national intelligence organisation that does not answer to the known laws of its own countries".[10] 2010s global surveillance disclosures revealed FVEY was spying on one another's citizens and sharing the collected information with each other, although the FVEY nations maintain this was done legally.[11][12]

Five Eyes is among the most comprehensive espionage alliances.[13] Since processed intelligence is gathered from multiple sources, the information shared is not restricted to signals intelligence (SIGINT) and often involves military intelligence (MILINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). Five Eyes remains a key element in the intelligence and security landscape of each member country, providing them a strategic advantage in understanding and responding to global events.

Organisations

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The following table provides an overview of most of the FVEY agencies that share data.[2]

Main agencies sharing data as part of Five Eyes alliance, by country
Country Agency Abbreviation Role[2]
Australia Australian Secret Intelligence Service ASIS Human intelligence
Australian Signals Directorate ASD Signal intelligence
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASIO Security intelligence
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation AGO Geo intelligence
Defence Intelligence Organisation DIO Defence intelligence
Canada Canadian Forces Intelligence Command CFINTCOM Defence intelligence, geo intelligence, human intelligence
Communications Security Establishment CSE Signal intelligence
Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS Human intelligence, security intelligence
Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP Security intelligence
New Zealand Directorate of Defence Intelligence and Security DDIS Defence intelligence
Government Communications Security Bureau GCSB Signal intelligence
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service NZSIS Human intelligence, security intelligence
United Kingdom Defence Intelligence DI Defence intelligence
Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ Signal intelligence
Security Service MI5 Security intelligence
Secret Intelligence Service MI6, SIS Human intelligence
United States Central Intelligence Agency CIA Human intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency DIA Defense intelligence
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Security intelligence
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NGA Geo intelligence
National Security Agency NSA Signal intelligence

History

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Origins (1941–1950s)

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The cover page of the first version of the secret UKUSA Agreement in 1946, which was disclosed to the public in 2011

The informal origins of the Five Eyes alliance were secret meetings between British and US code-breakers at the British code-breaking establishment Bletchley Park in February 1941, before the US entry into the war.[14] The first record of these meetings is a February 1941 diary entry from Alastair Denniston, head of Bletchley Park, reading "The Ys are coming!" with "Ys" referring to "Yanks". An entry from 10 February reads "Ys arrive". British and US intelligence shared extremely confidential information, including that the British had broken the German Enigma code and that the US had broken the Japanese Purple code. For the rest of the war, key figures like Denniston and code-breaking expert Alan Turing travelled back and forth across the Atlantic. The informal relationship established for wartime signals intelligence developed into a formal, signed agreement at the start of the Cold War.[15]

The formal Five Eyes alliance can be traced back to the August 1941 Atlantic Charter, which laid out Allied goals for the post-war world. On 17 May 1943, the UK and US governments signed the British–US Communication Intelligence Agreement, also known as the BRUSA Agreement, to facilitate co-operation between the US War Department and the British Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS). On 5 March 1946, the two governments formalized their secret treaty as the UKUSA Agreement, the basis for all signal intelligence cooperation between the NSA and GCHQ up to the present.[16][17]

UKUSA was extended to include Canada in 1948, followed by Norway in 1952, Denmark in 1954, West Germany in 1955, and Australia and New Zealand in 1956.[17] These countries participated in the alliance as "third parties". By 1955, a newer version of the UKUSA Agreement officially acknowledged the formal status of the remaining Five Eyes countries with the following statement:

At this time only Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be regarded as UKUSA-collaborating Commonwealth countries.[17]

Cold War

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During the Cold War, GCHQ and the NSA shared intelligence on the Soviet Union, China, and several eastern European countries known as "Exotics".[18] Over the course of several decades, the ECHELON surveillance network was developed to monitor the military and diplomatic communications of the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies.[19]

In 1953, SIS and the CIA jointly orchestrated the overthrow of Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.[20][21][22][23]

From 1955 through 1975 during the Vietnam War, Australian and New Zealander operators in the Asia-Pacific region worked to directly support the United States while GCHQ operators stationed in British Hong Kong as part of GCHQ Hong Kong were tasked with monitoring North Vietnamese air defence networks.[24][25]

In 1961, SIS and the CIA jointly orchestrated the assassination of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, an operation authorized by out-going US President Dwight D. Eisenhower the year before in 1960.[26][27][28]

In 1973, the ASIS and the CIA jointly orchestrated the overthrow of Chile's President Salvador Allende.[29][30][31][32]

Over a period of at least five years in the 1970s, a senior officer named Ian George Peacock, who was in the counterespionage unit of Australia's ASIO, stole highly classified intelligence documents that had been shared with Australia and sold them to the Soviet Union. Peacock held the title of supervisor-E (espionage) and had top-secret security clearance. He retired from the ASIO in 1983 and died in 2006.[33]

During the Falklands War in 1982, the United Kingdom received intelligence data from its FVEY allies as well as from third parties like Norway and France.[34][35][36]

In 1989, during the Tiananmen Square protests, SIS and the CIA took part in Operation Yellowbird to exfiltrate dissidents from China.[37]

In the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991, an ASIS technician bugged Kuwaiti government offices for SIS.[35]

ECHELON network disclosures (1972–2000)

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By the end of the 20th century, the FVEY members had developed the ECHELON surveillance network into a global system capable of collecting massive amounts of private and commercial communications including telephone calls, fax, email, and other data traffic. The network's information comes from intercepted communication bearers such as satellite transmissions and public switched telephone networks.[38]

Two of the FVEY information collection mechanisms are the PRISM program and the Upstream collection system. The PRISM program gathers user information from technology firms such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft; while the Upstream system gathers information directly from civilian communications as they travel through infrastructure like fiber cables.[39] The program was first disclosed to the public in 1972 when a former NSA communications analyst reported to Ramparts magazine that the Agency had developed technology that "could crack all Soviet codes".[40]

In a 1988 piece in the New Statesman called "Somebody's listening", Duncan Campbell revealed the existence of ECHELON, an extension of the UKUSA Agreement on global signals intelligence. The story detailed how eavesdropping operations were not only being employed in the interests of 'national security,' but were regularly abused for corporate espionage in the service of US business interests.[41] The piece passed largely unnoticed outside of journalism circles.[42]

In 1996, New Zealand journalist Nicky Hager provided a detailed description of ECHELON in a book titled Secret Power – New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network. The European Parliament cited the book in a 1998 report titled "An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control" (PE 168.184).[43] On 16 March 2000, the Parliament called for a resolution on the Five Eyes and its ECHELON surveillance network which would have called for the "complete dismantling of ECHELON".[44]

Three months later, the European Parliament established the Temporary Committee on ECHELON to investigate the ECHELON surveillance network. However, according to a number of European politicians such as Esko Seppänen of Finland, the European Commission hindered these investigations .[45]

In the United States, congressional legislators warned that the ECHELON system could be used to monitor US citizens.[46] On 14 May 2001, the US government cancelled all meetings with the Temporary Committee on ECHELON.[47] According to a BBC report from May 2001, "The US Government still refuses to admit that Echelon even exists."[19]

War on Terror (since 2001)

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In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Five Eyes members greatly increased their surveillance capabilities as part of the global war on terror.

During the run-up to the Iraq War, the communications of UN weapons inspector Hans Blix were monitored by the Five Eyes.[48][49] Around the same time, British agents bugged the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.[50][51] An NSA memo detailed Five Eyes plans to increase surveillance on the UN delegations of six countries as part of a "dirty tricks" campaign to pressure these six countries to vote in favour of using force against Iraq.[50][52][53]

SIS and the CIA formed a surveillance partnership with Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi to spy on Libyan dissidents in the West in exchange for permission to use Libya as a base for extraordinary renditions.[54][55][56][57][58]

As of 2010, Five Eyes-affiliated agencies also have access to SIPRNet, the US government's classified version of the Internet.[59]

In 2013, documents leaked by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the existence of numerous surveillance programs jointly operated by the Five Eyes. The following list includes several notable examples reported in the media:

In March 2014, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Australia to stop spying on East Timor. This marks the first such restrictions imposed on a member of the FVEY.[67]

Competition with China (since 2018)

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On 1 December 2018, Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive, at Vancouver International Airport to face charges of fraud and conspiracy in the United States.[68] China responded by arresting two Canadian nationals. According to the South China Morning Post, analysts saw this conflict as the beginning of a direct clash between China's government and governments of the Five Eyes alliance.[69] In the months that followed, the United States restricted technology exchanges with China.[70] The newspaper reported that these events were seen by Beijing as a "fight ... waged with the world’s oldest intelligence alliance, the Five Eyes."[71]

Starting in 2019, Australian parliamentarians as well as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prompted the United Kingdom not to use Huawei technology in its 5G network.[72] In 2021, the UK Government announced it no longer planned to use Huawei's 5G technology.[73]

In November 2020, the Five Eyes alliance criticised China's rules disqualifying elected legislators in Hong Kong.[74]

In mid-April 2021, the New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta issued a statement that New Zealand would not let the Five Eyes alliance dictate its bilateral relationship with China and that New Zealand was uncomfortable with expanding the remit of the intelligence grouping. In response, the Australian Government expressed concern that Wellington was undermining collective efforts to combat what it regarded as Chinese aggression.[75][76] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern echoed Mahuta's remarks and claimed that while New Zealand was still committed to the Five Eyes alliance, it would not use the network as its first point of communication for non-security matters. While The Telegraph's defence editor Con Coughlin and British Conservative Member of Parliament Bob Seely criticised New Zealand for undermining the Five Eyes' efforts to present a united front against Beijing, the Chinese Global Times praised New Zealand for putting its own national interests over the Five Eyes.[77][78][79] Following the 2023 New Zealand general election, the new New Zealand Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters promised closer cooperation with Five Eyes partners.[80] According to The Economist and Foreign Policy magazine, New Zealand foreign policy under the new National-led coalition government had shifted away from China in favour of closer relations with its traditional Five Eyes partners.[81] During an interview with The Economist, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that he was looking to "diversify New Zealand's diplomatic and trade relationships away from its reliance on China".[82]

In late April 2021, the Global Times reported that China's Ministry of State Security will monitor employees of companies and organisations considered to be at risk of foreign infiltration while they travel to the Five Eyes countries. These employees will be required to report their travel destinations, agendas, and meetings with foreign personnel to Chinese authorities. Other security measures include undergoing "pre-departure spying education", and using different electronic devices while at home and while abroad.[83][84]

In mid-December 2021, the United States Secretary of State; the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; and the UK Foreign Secretary issued a joint statement criticising the exclusion of opposition candidates by Hong Kong national security law and urging China to respect human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration.[85][86] In response, the Chinese Government claimed the Hong Kong elections were fair and criticised the Five Eyes for interfering in Hong Kong's domestic affairs.[87][88]

2023 meeting

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The Five Eyes leaders held their first known public meeting[89] at Stanford University's Hoover Institution[90] in California in the US. They had been meeting privately nearby in Palo Alto. Present were:

They made public statements on topics such as the death in Canada of Hardeep Singh Nijjar[90] and Chinese state-backed hackers.[89]

Domestic espionage sharing controversy

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The Five Eyes alliance is sort of an artifact of the post World War II era where the Anglophone countries are the major powers banded together to sort of co-operate and share the costs of intelligence gathering infrastructure. ... The result of this was over decades and decades some sort of a supra-national intelligence organisation that doesn't answer to the laws of its own countries.

One of the Five Eyes' core principles is that members do not spy on other governments in the alliance. US Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis C. Blair said in 2013, "We do not spy on each other. We just ask."[92]

However, in recent years, FVEY documents have shown that member agencies are intentionally spying on one another's private citizens and sharing the collected information with each other.[11][93] Shami Chakrabarti, director of the advocacy group Liberty, claimed that the FVEY alliance increases the ability of member states to "subcontract their dirty work" to each other.[94] FVEY countries maintain that all intelligence sharing is done legally, according to the domestic law of the respective nations.[95][12][96]

As a result of Snowden's disclosures, the FVEY alliance has become the subject of a growing amount of controversy in parts of the world:

  • In late 2013, Canadian federal judge Richard Mosley strongly rebuked the CSIS for outsourcing its surveillance of Canadians to overseas partner agencies. A 51-page court ruling asserts that the CSIS and other Canadian federal agencies have been illegally enlisting FVEY allies in global surveillance dragnets, while keeping domestic federal courts in the dark.[97][98][99]
  • In 2014, New Zealand's Parliament asked the NZSIS and the GCSB if they had received any monetary contributions from members of the FVEY alliance. Neither agency responded to these inquiries, instead stating that they do not collect metadata on New Zealanders. David Cunliffe, leader of the Labour Party, asserted that the public is entitled to be informed of foreign funding if the disclosure does not compromise the agencies' operations.[100]
  • In early 2014, the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs released a report that confirmed that the intelligence agencies of New Zealand and Canada have cooperated with the NSA under the Five Eyes programme and may have been actively sharing the personal data of EU citizens. The EU report did not investigate if any international or domestic US laws were broken by the US and did not claim that any FVEY nation was illegally conducting intelligence collection on the EU. The NSA maintains that any intelligence collection done on the EU was in accordance with domestic US law and international law.[101][102]
  • In 2013, the British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) conducted an investigation and concluded that the GCHQ had broken no domestic British laws in its use of data gathered through the NSA's PRISM. According to the ISC report, The GCHQ provided documents which "conformed with GCHQ's statutory duties" and authority as established by the Intelligence Services Act 1994. Requests made to the US corresponded with extant warrants for interception in accordance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The ISC also questioned whether the UK's legal framework was sufficient.[103]
  • As of April 2024, no court case has been brought against any US intelligence community member claiming that they went around US domestic law by soliciting foreign countries to spy on US citizens and give that intelligence to the US. This may change as attention is paid to the anticipated public releases regarding Operation Lobos 1, Operation Trojan Shield, and Project Habitance. These operations received information from foreign governments for spying on US citizens. The FBI did initiate Operation Trojan Shield, which was illegal in the US and so relied on the Australian government. 17 U.S. citizens have been charged in U.S. federal court between 2021 and 2024, but none of the cases as of April 2024 had proceeded past the initial pretrial stages.[clarification needed][citation needed]

Other international cooperatives

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Beginning with its founding by the United States and United Kingdom in 1946, the alliance expanded twice, inducting Canada in 1948 and Australia and New Zealand in 1956, establishing the Five Eyes as it is today. Additionally, there are nations termed "Third Party Partners" that share their intelligence with the Five Eyes despite not being formal members. While the Five Eyes is rooted in a particular agreement with specific operations among the five nations, similar sharing agreements have been set up independently and for specific purposes; for example, according to Edward Snowden, the NSA has a "massive body" called the Foreign Affairs Directorate dedicated to partnering with foreign countries beyond the alliance.[104][105][106]

Six Eyes (proposed) - Israel, Singapore, South Korea, Japan

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Several countries have been prospective members of the Five Eyes including Israel,[107] South Korea and Japan, that have collaborated with FYEY.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents from the NSA that showed Singapore, one of the world's biggest digital telecommunications hubs, is a key “third party” working with the “Five Eyes” intelligence partners,[108] and continue to collaborate intensively with the alliance, though Singapore, Israel, South Korea and Japan are formally non-members.[109] [110]

According to French news magazine L'Obs, in 2009, the United States propositioned France to join the treaty and form a subsequent "Six Eyes" alliance. The French President at the time, Nicolas Sarkozy, requested that France have the same status as the other members, including the signing of a "no-spy agreement". This proposal was approved by the director of the NSA, but rejected by the director of the CIA and by President Barack Obama, resulting in a refusal from France.[111]

New York magazine reported in 2013 that Germany was interested in joining the Five Eyes alliance.[112][113] At the time, several members of the United States Congress, including Tim Ryan and Charles Dent, were pushing for Germany's entry to the Five Eyes alliance.[114]

Five Eyes Plus

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As of 2018 through an initiative sometimes termed "Five Eyes Plus 3", Five Eyes has agreements with France, Germany, and Japan to introduce an information-sharing framework to counter China and Russia.[115][116] Five Eyes plus France, Japan and South Korea share information about North Korea's military activities, including ballistic missiles, in an arrangement sometimes dubbed "Five Eyes Plus".[117]

Nine Eyes

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A map of the Nine Eyes countries

The Nine Eyes is a different group that consists of the Five Eyes members as well as Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway.[105][106]

Fourteen Eyes

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A map of the Fourteen Eyes countries

According to a document leaked by Edward Snowden, there is another working agreement among 14 nations officially known as "SIGINT Seniors Europe", or "SSEUR".[118] This "14 Eyes" group consists of the Nine Eyes members plus Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.[105][106]

Further intelligence sharing collaborations

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As Privacy International explains, there are a number of issue-specific intelligence agreements that include some or all of the above nations and numerous others, such as:[119][120]

  • An area-specific sharing agreement among 41 nations including the 14 Eyes and the international coalition in Afghanistan.
  • A "focused cooperation" on computer network exploitation between the Five Eyes nations and Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
  • The Club de Berne with 17, primarily European members.
  • The Counterterrorist Group, a wider membership than the 17 European states that make up the Club of Berne, including the United States.
  • Maximator, an intelligence alliance between Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden.[121]
  • The NATO Special Committee made up of the heads of the security services of NATO's 32 member countries.[citation needed]

See also

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International relations

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References

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  1. ^ "Five Eyes Intelligence Oversight and Review Council (FIORC)". www.dni.gov. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Cox, James (December 2012). "Canada and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community" (PDF). Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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