Washington – Despite the war of Russia in Ukraine High level meeting To discuss a possible route for peace, CBS News has learned that Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, issued a directive to the American intelligence community, which ordered that all the information about the Russia-Ukraine peace talks should not be shared with the US Elide Intelligence Partners.
Memo, dated July 20 and signed by Gabard, directed the agencies not to share information with the so -called five eyes, the second World War I intelligence alliance included America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, several American intelligence officials told CBS News. He spoke under the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters.
Officials said the instructions classified all analysis and information related to volatile Russia-Ukraine Peace talks “Noforn,” or any foreign proliferation, which means that information cannot be shared with any other country or foreign nationals. The only information that could be shared was the information that was already released publicly. Memo also limited limited distribution of materials about peace talks within agencies that created or generated intelligence.
The Memo does not seem to prevent the sharing of diplomatic information collected by other means separated from the American intelligence community, or unrelated military operating information for talks – such as US shares with the Ukrainian army are shared to assist their shares. Defensive operation,
Contacted by CBS News, the office of Director of National Intelligence mentioned questions to the White House, which was not answered.
“Generally, Fives Eye Intelligence Partnership is worth the Central Intelligence Agency and a former intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Homeland Security and a former intelligence officer of the department said that when we are doing and they are taking policy decisions, we can increase the intelligence of each other and so we can increase the intelligence of each other and so we can know more about our opponents and abilities, the plans of our opponents and abilities. Steven Cash explained by Steven Cash, a former intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency and Homeland Security.
“Among the reasons for that kind of default, it is expected that we and all four are sitting on the same side of the table, on the other side with some other opponents,” Cash said.
He said that it is important to have a “common intelligence picture” for the Allies, so policy maker and negotiator “can coordinate our positions and get the best deal, or we can fight with what we can fight best.” Cash is the Executive Director of the Standy State, a non -profit organization made up of former American intelligence and national security professionals and government officials, which relate to the dangers for American democracy.
In March 1946, Winston Churchill spoke Due to the danger of “special relations” between the US and the UK and “Iron Curtain” which “landed throughout the continent.” The United States and Britain first signed their intelligence alliance secretly, agreement To pool information as a child against the Soviet Union.
Later, Canada, Australia and New Zealand joined the system, which began in the five-nation network as a bilateral treaty, known as The Five Eyes.
But now, about 80 years later, some former US government officials have warned that the width of Gabbard’s order can reduce the intelligence community alliance – analysts can be discouraged by sharing insight and destroying the trust among allies, which rely on open exchange, rely, make a common picture of paths for global threats and successful negotiations.
The motherland security officer, cash and CBS News National Security contributor Sam Vinodrad said that five eyes often have intelligence that helps the US to assess extensive intelligence, especially about Russia, accesses are given to five -eye partners for other intelligence sources.
“Closing our most reliable partners with intelligence assessment can have a cool effect on important intelligence sharing if our partners believe they are getting out of significant access – including important matters in their area. They can decide to take equal steps towards America,” Vinograd said.
He said, “Niti-wise, if our five-eye partners feel that they are being closed with significant information. They can choose to create new structures and channels without us. Lack of complete cooperation with our close partners can lead them to discuss matters affecting our national security without our input and perspective.”
Nevertheless, Gabbard’s instructions are common within the American intelligence community, and criticism is not much about anything. They say that both the US and other members of the Intelligence Alliance prevent information from each other in disintegrating interest areas from each other. Ezra Cohen, a Hudson Institute Fellow, who acted as the Defense of Defense for Intelligence in Pentagon, suggested that the condemnation of Gabbard’s memo is instilling from dislikes from the Trump administration policies and his leadership as the director of the national intelligence.
“There is a lot of information that we do not share with our five-eye partners, and it works in reverse. Britain has a lot of eyes only. Only Australian eyes are material,” Cohen said.
Cohen said, “Our interests do not always combine with our five eyes partners.” “And where we have interests, and this is not just Ukraine, we fully mark things.”
He believes that it is possible that instructions can deprive America of information, but maintain such decisions. Historically it is ideal among all five eye members. He said that it is claimed that the instruction represents a “chilling of a relationship” between the US and the five eyes, seems very little outrage. “
As intelligence work and diplomatic efforts continue, out of public eyes, the war in Ukraine continues to take a deadly toll. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelansky condemned Moscow on Thursday, with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles launched An attack overnight“As if nothing had changed. As there were no efforts by the world to stop this war.”
