Five Eyes

English Proper noun Five Eyes An alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. en 2008 James Bamford The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America Anchor 9780385528399 In fact, in 2003, during the United Nations Security Council debate over whether to invade Iraq, the NSA asked all Five Eyes countries to target the communications between diplomats on the Council. en 2014 Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State Metropolitan Books 9781627790741 Broadly speaking, the NSA has three different categories of foreign relationships. The first is with the Five Eyes group: the US spies with these countries, but rarely on them, unless requested to by those countries' own officials. en Espionage