Are the US Intelligence Service obliged to share their information with the British Intelligence Service?

Question

Are the US Intelligence Service obliged to share their information with the British Intelligence Service?

Answer 1

there have been many cases of leaks on both sides But the UK and the USA do share Information and it is done through Intelligence Channels and Some politicians do not need to know and will not be told



When i arrived in Australia I was Grilled By ASIO because I had a top secret security clearance and i Informed them as a british subject I was subject to the official Secrets act and Signed that i would not Divulge until 10 years after the Facts on 3 different occasions i was grilled and they got Nothing and 11 years later on a visit to ASIO i informed them that i could now tell them about My clearance they handed me My file a file with my name on it and there was everything about my previous service including my Security Clearance



and i said you already had all the Information why were you pestering me all these years to see if you can be trusted and you passed the test with Flying Colours



so yes even Australia Shares but only via Correct Channels and the 2 MP's making demands will get Nothing but the standard media releases

Answer 2

No they aren't, and in practice the US Intelligence services only pass on information which is widely known in any case. They are not remotely interested in sharing information, even with long standing allies.



Whilst aboard Ark Royal during the Gulf War, serving on Commander United Kingdom Task Group's staff, we were not even allowed access to US Navy military communications even though those communications were coded. This meant even the UK's highest military authority in the region was not allowed to see the equipment used, never mind the codes. That meant there was a compartment aboard Ark Royal that no non US personnel were allowed into because it was full of US communications equipment.



In short, the US does not trust anyone. Not even its supposedly closest ally.



MP's are fully entitled to request information; equally the US is fully entitled to tell them to get lost.

Answer 3

The aren't obliged to share any intelligence, although it happens frequently to achieve common goals the two countries have.



As for the "British" subject, there are lots of them in the UK who hate the country they are citizens of, as far as I'm concerned it's treason and they should be dealt with to the full extent of the law

Answer 4

No. US intelligence services aren't required to share information with foreign countries, though they frequently do share with allied countries. Certain types of classified information are releasable to some allies, but not to others. Usually, an exclusive release caveat arises as the result of an agreement between the US and the approved for release country, in which the US agrees not to share with other countries in exchange for a service provided by the approved for release country.

Answer 5

No and they often don't. In this case wwhen it is a traitor hell bent on causing chaos I am glad they did not because some half baked MP on the make would try to make another issue out of it.

Answer 6

At the end of the day they killed a British traitor. Stuff his Human Rights and good riddance to bad rubbish.

Answer 7

Yeah , well it seems as though you demand everything from us , yet if we ask for things off you , hell freezes over , It's not the fact that a is evil guy who is dead that bothers me , it's what the US is keeping from the UK , how much can we trust the US , problem no more than 10 % - that is what worries me , If you are going to use our country , don't expect us to trust you

Answer 8

I hope they did and the British helped. He was a traitor who would kill British soldiers - the world will be a better place without him

Answer 9

I hope that they do not!Why?The lot of weak Labour politicians we have in at the moment who tend to lean over to the ethnic minorities would give the intended missile strike away.

Answer 10

They are not obliged but as they usually work with the same aims and because of the 'Special relationship' between the two nations a great deal of intelligence is exchanged and much military technology is shared between both countries to their mutual benefit more than between any other nations the two deal with.

Answer 11

Another one bites the dust and good riddance.



No they do not and vice versa, although I am sure they have a working relationship.



Bet you one thing though the two MP`s will belong to nu-labour.

Answer 12

Would these MP's have so annoyed if he had come back here and chaused his mayhem..

And what would they have said if it came out the joint intel services had said and done nothing....

Answer 13

i doubt it,unless they deem it politically expedient to do so