The two nations have very close intelligence ties.
In the current crisis, those close intelligence relations may offer a channel for candid communications.
These meetings are part of the close intelligence and national-security relationship that our nations have.
Ethiopia is full of aid organizations, and it has a close intelligence and military relationship with the United States government.
America's closest intelligence relationships are predicated on the understanding that shared information will be carefully handled.
American officials said that Mr. Blair had also angered the White House in recent months by pushing for closer intelligence ties to France, an arrangement opposed by Mr. Obama.
Also, the US should "explore understandings or arrangements regarding intelligence collection guidelines and practices with respect to each others' citizens" with its closest intelligence partners.
Their way of doing things would further jeopardise the close intelligence and security co-operation of our allies, which is vital to preventing terrorist attacks.
Since the second world war, the five Anglo-Saxon countries of Great Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada have maintained close intelligence co-operation, which apparently has got completely out of control.
Even when individual MI6 and MI5 officers expressed concerns about the abuse of detainees they did not pass on their thoughts for fear of offending the US, Britain's closest intelligence partner.
