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<blockquote>Yes, allies spy on each other routinely. Intelligence agencies monitor partners because national interests often diverge, policies change, and a nation's ultimate goal is to independently verify what allies are doing and saying in private.</blockquote>[[User:LaMarina|LaMarina]] ([[User talk:LaMarina|talk]]) 17:38, June 22, 2026 (EDT)
<blockquote>Yes, allies spy on each other routinely. Intelligence agencies monitor partners because national interests often diverge, policies change, and a nation's ultimate goal is to independently verify what allies are doing and saying in private.</blockquote>[[User:LaMarina|LaMarina]] ([[User talk:LaMarina|talk]]) 17:38, June 22, 2026 (EDT)
:Of course, however the term "spying" is rather generic for the low [[IQ]] [[MSM]] [[consumer]]s. Macleaod is talking about a foreign "influence operation" (like [[User:Conservative]]'s [[Russia Russia Russia hoax]]). For discussion purposes we should divide the operation in two parts: a "spying" operation, and an "influence" operation. The [[FARA]] filing is a disclosure making some of the operation quasi-[[legal]].
:Of course, however the term "spying" is rather generic for the Low [[IQ]] [[MSM]] [[consumer]]s. Macleaod is talking about a foreign "influence operation" (like [[User:Conservative]]'s [[Russia Russia Russia hoax]]). For discussion purposes we should divide the operation in two parts: a "spying" operation, and an "influence" operation. The [[FARA]] filing is a disclosure making some of the operation quasi-[[legal]].
:Now the [[Pentagon]] [[counterintelligence]] alert is [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/angry-pentagon-sources-leak-report-israels-unhinged-spying-us-officials entirely a different matter. It's not "spying" on citizens, but on [[government]] officials presumably with the intent to exert influence. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|WWJD? Would he claim 2 gay bathhouses in Russia compared to 300 in America justifies nuclear war?]]</sup> 18:48, June 22, 2026 (EDT)
:Now the [[Pentagon]] [[counterintelligence]] alert is [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/angry-pentagon-sources-leak-report-israels-unhinged-spying-us-officials entirely a different matter. It's not "spying" on citizens, but on [[government]] officials presumably with the intent to exert influence. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|WWJD? Would he claim 2 gay bathhouses in Russia compared to 300 in America justifies nuclear war?]]</sup> 18:48, June 22, 2026 (EDT)