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Britain’s GCHQ ‘the brains,’ America’s NSA ‘the money’ behind spy alliance
japantimes.co.jp
Ringed in: Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)— a giant, ring-shaped building nicknamed 'the doughnut' — is seen in an aerial shot in Cheltenham, England, in September 2004. | AFP-JIJI
LONDON – The activities of GCHQ, Britain’s secret eavesdropping agency, have come under intense scrutiny since former U.S. analyst Edward Snowden said it was one of the main players in a global web of telecommunications surveillance.
GCHQ is at the heart of Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States when it comes to spying, according to Snowden’s blizzard of leaks.
The Government Communications Headquarters — a giant, ring-shaped building nicknamed “the doughnut” — is situated in the spa town of Cheltenham in southwest England.
Computer specialist Snowden, 30, worked for the U.S. National Security Agency in 2012 when he downloaded a vast cache of NSA documents, including 50,000 about GCHQ.
The material from the fugitive, now living in Russia under temporary asylum, has been published in various newspapers, with The Guardian leading the way in Britain.
The documents claim the NSA was secretly funding GCHQ to the tune of £100 million ($160 million) over the last three years.
David Ormand, GCHQ’s director from 1996 to 1997, did not confirm that figure but admitted that the U.S. and Britain were mutually beneficial partners.
“We have the brains; they have the money,” Ormand told BBC radio. “It’s a collaboration that’s worked very well.”
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