NSA's PRISM Program Reveals The Partnership Between US-UK Intelligence Services

Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, England. The British intelligence organization's close ties to the US National Security Agency have come under scrutiny amid the controversy over the NSA's PRISM surveillance program revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Reuters/Handout

Another US-UK 'Special Relationship' - Between Intelligence Services --Christian Science Monitor

Edward Snowden's leaks about the NSA's PRISM program have drawn attention to the extraordinarily tight partnership between the US agency and GCHQ, its British counterpart.

A week on from revelations about the secret US eavesdropping program called PRISM, the British government has warned international airlines not to allow former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to Britain.

The effective labeling of Mr. Snowden as a “persona non grata” over his leaks about PRISM underline how they have struck a nerve with authorities here due to the long, close historical partnership between the American NSA and the British equivalent, known as Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

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My Comment: I suspect that the NSA and the GCHQ are not happy with this exposure.

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