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It turns out that the US intelligence is also monitoring Denmark

It turns out that the US intelligence is also monitoring Denmark despite the agreement between them. Provides access to information on the Internet and telecommunications cables that pass through the US territories and territorial waters with Denmark. It determined that was monitoring this country, despite the “cable deal”.

According to the Danish state television DR report, an unnamed officer working for the Danish Military Intelligence (FE, Forsvarets Efterretningstgeneste). In 2015, it found that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting information by targeting certain ministries and companies in Denmark.

The official reported to his superiors the NSA’s monitoring of Danish government agencies and companies despite the agreement between the NSA and FE. According to the report, the main Danish targets of the NSA included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Terma company.

It was noteworthy that the monitoring coincided with Denmark’s decision on the next generation warplane instead of the F-16 type warplane. Denmark announced in 2016 that it had decided to purchase the F-35 fighter planes manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

It was understood that the NSA was following Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway by taking advantage of the cable agreement. They can access e-mail, text message and chat contents, phone calls and location information during monitoring.

Missing document to the Intelligence Agency Review Board, which has the FE’s power to oversee and monitor the intelligence agencies in the country. Defense Minister Trine Bramsen suspended 3 senior Danish Military Intelligence officials on 21 August.

According to the cable agreement between Denmark and the United States dating back to the late 1990s, the Danish government allows the United States to access information on internet and telecommunications cables that pass through its territory and territorial waters.

Written by Maraaz

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