The highpoint of the periphery doctrine - the "flagship operation" - was Trident, an intelligence alliance with Turkey and Iran beginning in the late 1950s.
Along with counterparts from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, British and US agencies are members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
Australia is a member of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance, and it is not the only country in the alliance with a law like this.
If the U.S. offers strong leadership now, it can repair that breach — and help organize a military and intelligence alliance against a common threat.
One way the French and Germans intend to do that is to seek some form of inclusion in the inner circle of American intelligence allies, or at least for a deeper intelligence alliance.
The column, by David Ignatius, said that "knowledgeable sources" called the episode a "significant" loss of intelligence and "an effort to slap the Israelis," and that the betrayal had marred a 50-year intelligence alliance between Turkey and Israel.
WASHINGTON — A Canadian naval officer accused of a major security breach had access to secrets circulating in a five-nation intelligence alliance and was passing information to Russia, American officials confirmed this week.
Page A8 U.S. CONFIRMS BREACH A Canadian naval officer accused of a major security breach had access to secrets from a five-nation intelligence alliance and was passing information to Russia, American officials confirmed this week.
A deal would be welcome, but only if the rules are transparent, enforceable and apply not just to American agencies, but to the other members of the "Five Eyes", the intelligence alliance which also includes Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand.Will it happen?
It was not a natural fit for the agency, largely because Portugal is not part of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, in which Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States share signals intelligence.
