East Embasador warns with us on intelligence-sharing

Four former British ambassadors in the United States have expressed concern about the future of intelligence sharing with the US after Donald Trump’s re -election.

Sir David Manning, who served as ambassadors between 2003 and 2007, told a parliamentary committee that some appointments of Trump had “weird track records” that would create “problems on the intelligence front”.

Dame Karen Pierce, who left only the role last month, said the intelligence will continue to continue “even though we can have things that we want to appreciate”.

Ambassador from 2007 to 2012 Sir Nigel Shenwald said the relationship would “be difficult to handle compared to any other time”.

He said that some people appointed by Trump may lead to some difficulties in terms of their views and ideas of cooperation to lead “intelligence and safety”.

He did not specify whom he was referring to, though Concern has increased To be the director of his national intelligence about the US President’s pick.

Tulsi Gabbard has previously echoed Russia’s justification to attack Ukraine and welcomed his appointment to the role by the Russian state media.

Earlier this year, a retired American diplomat Lewis Lukens told the BBC that Gabbard’s “suspected decision” colleagues can give a reason to ask the question of how safe it is to share intelligence with America “.

During the hearing of his confirmation with American senators, Gabbard rejected the suggestions that she was “Putin’s puppet” “lies and smears”.

Ambassadors’ warnings came during the House of Lord’s international relations and an evidence with the Defense Committee, which was heard from four former British diplomats in the US.

Sir David told colleagues that if the UK wanted to be “Go-to-cooperative” for the United States, he should have been “to offer something”.

He said that the UK military resources were extended and the “defense card” was not a single which was once “.

Lord Soms said that Britain was still “very, very good” in intelligence and security and asked if it would still play a role in the UK-US relationship.

Sir David said that the question of intelligence-sharing was going to be “more difficult for the approach”.

“Clearly if you have some trump support in these major jobs, who have very strange track records and have said very strange things about NATO colleagues and NATO alliance and you have people in administration who are looking for ways to please Russia, then you have a problem on the intelligence front.

“This is a big question of how special relations are maintained during Trump administration.”

Dame Karen said that the way the US and the UK helped each other “unique”: “There is a difference that you don’t get with any other colleague.”

Asked if it would run under the Trump Presidency, he replied: “The intelligence part of the relationship is so valuable that it will run – even if David was explaining – at the top level we can have things about which we want to be a bit chant.”

Sir Nigel said, “The nature of the people at the top of the American intelligence and security system today – elected by President Trump – I think we can present some difficulties in terms of his thoughts and ideas of cooperation about us.”

“This is going to be difficult to handle compared to any other time.”

Sir Peter Westmacot, which was in Washington from 2012 to 2016, said that a changing culture of the US government could cause problems due to a changing culture, stating that “very good people are being thrown out because they do not pass loyalty tests.”

However, he also told the committee that it was not unheard of intelligence to return to all colleagues “still when you have the best working political relations”.

“There are moments when some specific source information is held back due to the risk of leaks inadvertently to a journalist.”