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Some U.S. allies are considering reducing intelligence sharing with Washington in response to the Donald Trump administration’s new “conciliatory” approach to Russia.
This was reported by NBC News, citing its own sources.
According to the interlocutors, the allies are weighing this step out of concern for the protection of foreign agents whose names may be inadvertently disclosed.
The media outlet writes that each intelligence service considers its obligations to foreign agents “sacred, pledging to protect agents and conceal their names.”
Anything that jeopardizes that commitment would breach trust, and could lead some spy services to limit information sharing with Washington, former officials said.
According to the sources, allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, and members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, are exploring the possibility of revising current intelligence-sharing protocols in light of the Trump administration’s “warming relations” with Russia.
However, according to the sources, no decisions have been made yet.
The day before, on March 5, the Daily Mail and the Financial Times reported that the United States had stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
Subsequently, CIA Director John Ratcliffe officially confirmed that the United States had suspended arms and intelligence for Ukraine, expressing that he looked forward to lifting the pause.
The NYT wrote that the original plan was to suspend intelligence sharing for a week or two as part of a campaign to force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate with Russia.
In addition to the data that allowed targeting Russian targets, the US stopped transmitting information warning of Russian drones and missiles striking Ukrainian military and civilian targets.
