What's 'Five Eyes' alliance, how it operates & what intelligence did it share with Canada on Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Five Eyes partners" prior to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations against India regarding the killing of a Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil.
David Cohen, the US Ambassador to Canada, confirmed this revelation in a televised interview. «I will say this was a matter of shared intelligence information,» he said.
There was a lot of contact about this between Canada and the US, and I think that's as far as I'm comfortable going."
This marks the first official confirmation of the US providing Canada with intelligence concerning the incident that took place in June, when Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, wanted by Indian security agencies, was killed.
However, according to a report by The New York Times (NYT), Canada intercepted communications that provided more definitive evidence, ultimately leading to Prime Minister Trudeau accusing India of orchestrating the plot.
India vehemently rejected these allegations, labeling them as «absurd» and «motivated.»
What's Five Eyes Alliance:
The Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, officially known as FVEY, is a collaborative intelligence-sharing network comprising five English-speaking nations: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Established during the aftermath of World War II, this alliance is rooted in mutual trust and the sharing of classified information among its member countries.
The Five Eyes alliance operates with a primary focus on signals intelligence (SIGINT) and aims to gather, analyze, and share intelligence related to national security threats and issues of global concern.
