British intelligence provided Trump-Russian intercepts to US agencies

[ABX]

More possible proof of spying on the campaign.

CNN reported Thursday that their sources indicate British intelligence services provided U.S. agencies with intercepts they obtained between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government. They say it was “incidental collection,” much like the kind that was captured by U.S. agencies on Trump associates.

    The communications were captured during routine surveillance of Russian officials and other Russians known to western intelligence. British and European intelligence agencies, including GCHQ, the British intelligence agency responsible for communications surveillance, were not proactively targeting members of the Trump team but rather picked up these communications during what’s known as “incidental collection,” these sources tell CNN....

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/04/13/cnn-british-intelligence-provided-trump-russian-intercepts-to-us-agencies/

[DB]

Well that's interesting. The judge wasn't so far off base after all...

[LonestarDream]

Turns out GCHQ are a bunch liars after all.

I think GCHQ 'doth protest too much'


@EC
@don-o

And Napolitano was suspended for being right. 

[LonestarDream]

Does Trump get to show up at question time and question Labour , Scottish and Lib Dem parties about this!!!!

[LonestarDream]

The GCHQ also issued a statement saying: "Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct 'wire tapping' against the then President-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored."

[DB]

The GCHQ also issued a statement saying: "Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct 'wire tapping' against the then President-elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored."

So the distinction is, they were "not asked" to do it - they volunteered it...

[LonestarDream]

 

So the distinction is, they were "not asked" to do it - they volunteered it...

 

[Frank Cannon]

Didn't someone bring this up a while back? It's on the tip of my tongue......

[EC]

Turns out GCHQ are a bunch liars after all.

I think GCHQ 'doth protest too much'


@EC
@don-o

And Napolitano was suspended for being right.

Where's the lie? They passed on incidental information, same as the NSA passes on incidental information to them, and have never denied doing so. Been like that since before the CIA and GCHQ existed. The lie was they were asked to target Trump by Obama.

Also of interest:

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.

Another source suggested the Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia