U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland, WSJ Reports
- Last week, U.S. Intelligence officials under Director Tulsi Gabbard ordered CIA, DIA, and NSA to increase spying on Greenland and its independence supporters.
- This directive came after President Trump publicly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland and indicated he might consider deploying military action to take control of the territory governed by Denmark.
- The intelligence effort involves satellites, communications intercepts, and human spies focusing on individuals in Greenland and Denmark sympathetic to U.S. Objectives.
- Trump said, “We need Greenland very badly,” and emphasized its strategic value for polar access and rare minerals during a weekend interview with NBC News.
- The initiative signifies one of the administration’s first concrete moves toward Greenland amid strong Danish and Greenlander opposition and concerns over sovereignty and security.
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Intelligence agencies increase focus on Greenland, US officials say - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have focused more closely on Greenland in the past several weeks, spurred by President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring the island and Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a U.S. military base there, according to multiple U.S. officials.
U.S. spy agencies told to gather intelligence on Greenland
U.S. officials have ordered spy agencies to ramp up efforts to gather intelligence on Greenland, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, in a sign President Donald Trump apparently remains focused on acquiring the island.
Pentagon considers shifting Greenland to US Northern Command, sparking concerns over Trump’s ambitions for the territory
Trump administration officials are weighing a change that would shift responsibility for US security interests in Greenland to the military command that oversees America’s homeland defense, underscoring the president’s focus on the strategically important territory that he has repeatedly said he wants to acquire, three sources familiar with the deliberations told CNN.
What is known about the U.S. order to their agencies to intensify espionage in Greenland
The U.S. authorities are stepping up their efforts to gather intelligence about Greenland.For this purpose, President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. spy agencies to contribute to this goal.This was assured by two sources familiar with the situation in the Wall Street Journal.Both during his first presidential term and after taking up his second term in January of this year, Trump has insisted in his interest that the U.S. be in c…
Intelligence agencies increase focus on Greenland, US officials say - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have focused more closely on Greenland in the past several weeks, spurred by President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring the island and Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a U.S. military base there, according to multiple U.S. officials.
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