Even if you are a govt that likes Trump, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the he and his administration are very much not "clean on opsec".
We have had, in no particular order: the boxes in the bathroom at mar-a-lago, the Chinese lady wandering around the property unescorted, the casual tweeting of classified satellite imagery, the adding of journalists to group chats, the use of unsecured phone messaging picked up by photographers. Then we have people in the presidential orbit demonstrably funded by adversaries (Tim Pope, Maria Butina). Oh and the obvious conflict of interest around the leaderships investments. Amd we havent even got to the blackmail risk posed by materials alleged in the Epsteim files.
If you were a regular civilian whose employer was looking to get you a clearance, any of these kinds of things would put your application in the shredder.
Given these facts, I would not expect any of the EU or FiveEyes partners to share everything they learn.
WarOnPrivacy•35m ago
> I would not expect any of the EU or FiveEyes partners to share everything they learn.
I've been scraping hard to find something positive from this administration. Anything about intelligence services "sharing less information" is likely to be one.
This is tied to US IC's long history of (near exclusively) surveilling people not suspected of a crime and rarely (if ever) telling a public truth about it.
mmooss•34m ago
> Even if you are a govt that likes Trump, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the he and his administration are very much not "clean on opsec".
Also, Trump adopts the tactical position of arbitrary power: He asserts the power to do whatever he wants, and to disregard your interests. That tactic has some advantages but also means even his allies can't rely on him not turning on them.
kjellsbells•1h ago
We have had, in no particular order: the boxes in the bathroom at mar-a-lago, the Chinese lady wandering around the property unescorted, the casual tweeting of classified satellite imagery, the adding of journalists to group chats, the use of unsecured phone messaging picked up by photographers. Then we have people in the presidential orbit demonstrably funded by adversaries (Tim Pope, Maria Butina). Oh and the obvious conflict of interest around the leaderships investments. Amd we havent even got to the blackmail risk posed by materials alleged in the Epsteim files.
If you were a regular civilian whose employer was looking to get you a clearance, any of these kinds of things would put your application in the shredder.
Given these facts, I would not expect any of the EU or FiveEyes partners to share everything they learn.
WarOnPrivacy•35m ago
I've been scraping hard to find something positive from this administration. Anything about intelligence services "sharing less information" is likely to be one.
This is tied to US IC's long history of (near exclusively) surveilling people not suspected of a crime and rarely (if ever) telling a public truth about it.
mmooss•34m ago
Also, Trump adopts the tactical position of arbitrary power: He asserts the power to do whatever he wants, and to disregard your interests. That tactic has some advantages but also means even his allies can't rely on him not turning on them.
add-sub-mul-div•14m ago