Commentary New Zealand is now “uncomfortable” in the “Five Eyes” intelligence group, the Voice of America News reports, and has “expressed reluctance” to sign joint statements from partners United States, Britain, Australia, and Canada on human rights issues in China. Last year, New Zealand was absent from a Five Eyes joint statement on Hong Kong, and some intelligence officials perceive New Zealand “on the edge of viability,” as a member of the alliance, because of a “supine” attitude toward China. As other critics put it, New Zealand sold out to China, a charge that might better apply to other Five Eyes members. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police once handled Canada’s intelligence matters, but during the 1980s, the RCMP gave way to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), which in 1989 destroyed files on Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Back in 1952, with Joseph Stalin still in power, Trudeau traveled to …
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