Dr. Malmgren: “I will say that because of the events in Ukraine, it’s changed the definition of who is your ally, and who is potentially your opponent? In the old days we had the CIA and the NSA facing off against the Russian intelligence agencies. They (the Russians) were the ‘opponent’ during the Cold War, but now there has been a breakdown of the relationship between the U.S. intelligence services and the German intelligence services.
Even further, there has been a breakdown between the U.S. intelligence services and the EU. The EU has this new thing called ‘The Situation Center,’ or SITCEN. And because of the realization that Germany is more aligned with Russia than not, there are now fears that EU intelligence services are more aligned with Russia than the West. So that shift seems to have occurred. It’s very subtle and I don’t think there will be a lot of talk about it, but it’s a real phenomena.”
Eric King: “Does that present a danger for the West?”
Dr. Malmgren: “There is nothing to stop two countries from both cooperating and spying on each other at the same time. That can happen and often does. (Laugher ensues). But, yes, it’s going to make it a whole lot harder to come to a common consensus.
For example, if Germany, which is the biggest economy in Europe other than the U.K., is increasingly aligned with Russia, and this is the country that the U.S. is finding it increasingly difficult to get along with, this could create serious tension. Does this mean that Germany will sell U.S. Treasuries? No. But I think it’s interesting that Belgium has now emerged as the number one holder of U.S. Treasuries because they have such serious debt problems. So the question becomes, who is behind the Belgian purchases of U.S. debt?”
at http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/5/22_Former_White_House_Official_On_Spying,_Inflation_%26_Belgium.html
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