Summary
US allies including Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Five Eyes members are considering scaling back intelligence sharing with Washington due to the Trump administration’s warming relations with Russia.
Allies fear compromising foreign assets’ identities. Sources with direct knowledge confirm “those discussions are already happening,” though no decisions have been made.
While the UK, Canada, and Israel publicly affirmed their intelligence partnerships, former US intelligence officials express deep concern about Trump’s Russia pivot.
Previous US attempts at intelligence cooperation with Russia historically failed.
share no intel with us. share only bad intel with us. we’re legitimately a threat to the entire world. the only way you convince baddies they’re bad is you ostricize them