Five Eyes
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intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
Key facts
- Working language
- English
- Type
- Intelligence alliance
- Members
- Australia Canada New Zealand United Kingdom United States
- Atlantic charter
- 14 August 1941 ; 84 years ago ( 1941-08-14 )
- Brusa agreement
- 17 May 1943 ; 83 years ago ( 1943-05-17 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- United States
- Official language
- English language
- Image
- GCHQ-aerial.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1941-08-14
- name
- ꠙꠣꠌ ꠌꠂꠈꠣ
- member count
- 5
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
NSA headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland, United States ASIO central office, Canberra, Australia GCHQ, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom CSE headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada NZSIS headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand
The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an Anglosphere intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries are party to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. Informally, "Five Eyes" can refer to the group of intelligence agencies of these countries. The term "Five Eyes" originated as shorthand for a "AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US Eyes Only" (AUSCANNZUKUS) releasability caveat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Five Eyes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.