The Intelligence Services of the Netherlands Restrict Their Cooperation with Those of the United States, Considered Too "Politicized"

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Fearing leaks and a partisan use of shared data, the Dutch services distanced themselves from the CIA and the NSA. Instead, they intended to strengthen their cooperation with European services, notably French, in view of the increase in the Russian threat against the backdrop of war in Ukraine.

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The Netherlands has limited intelligence cooperation with the United States. The reason is concerns that the American administration could use it to violate human rights or to help Russia. This was stated by the directors of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) Erik Akerboom and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) Peter Reesink in a joint interview for the daily de Volkskran, TASR writes, citing the Financ…