US spymasters pay £100m to access British intelligence

[theHandpuppet]

http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/us-spymasters-pay-100m-to-access-british-intelligence-1-3028600

US spymasters pay £100m to access British intelligence
03 August
2013

POLITICIANS have expressed concern at revelations that the US government has paid at least £100 million to the UK spy agency GCHQ to get access to British intelligence-gathering programmes.

Reports published yesterday suggested the payments were made by America’s equivalent of GCHQ, the National Security Agency (NSA), over the past three years.

Documents obtained by the Guardian newspaper indicated the NSA expected a return on their money, raising concerns over Washington’s relationship with Britain’s intelligence agency.

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The payments came to light in GCHQ’s annual “investment portfolios”. The papers showed that NSA paid the Cheltenham-based eavesdropping agency £22.9m in 2009... MORE at link

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1. du rec.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Who sets the budget for the NSA?

We've got millions in this country who go hungry yet give an open checkbook to the NSA? This is BS!