New spy leak: Denmark part of NSA ‘inner circle’

4/11-13 8:08

DANISH NEWS - Denmark works closely with intelligence agency NSA and enjoys a closer relationship with the USA than other non-Anglo Saxon countries such as Germany, the British newspaper The Guardian writes

Documents leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Denmark is part of an exclusive ‘second-tier’ group, named ‘9-Eyes’, that collaborate on intelligence gathering, reports Seven59.dk and b.dk.

The group of countries is an extension of the more elite 5-Eyes, which includes the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway join in to make 9-Eyes and enjoy access to more classified intelligence material than the third tier ‘14-Eyes’ which numbers Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Sweden.

Should come clean

Former head of Danish Intelligence (PET), Hans Jørgen Bonnichsen, said he wasn’t surprised at Denmark’s high ranking. He said:

“We have traditionally been closely linked to agencies such as the CIA since World War 2 and this has helped to build up the trust and respect that’s decisive in the world of intelligence.”

Both Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Justice Minister Morten Bødskov have so far declined to comment on reports of any collaboration with foreign intelligence agencies but the Red/ Greens have now called on them to come clean.

FULL STORY: http://universitypost.dk/article/new-spy-leak-denmark-part-nsa-inne...