US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney
Source: The Guardian
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney
Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified information
Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Eva Corlett in Wellington
Tue 25 Mar 2025 21.33 GMT
Last modified on Tue 25 Mar 2025 21.50 GMT
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly “look out for ourselves” as trust frays with a once-close ally.
Speaking a day after it was revealed that a journalist was accidentally included in a group chat discussing airstrikes against Yemeni rebels, Carney said the intelligence blunder was a “serious, serious issue and all lessons must be taken”. He said it would be critical to see “how people react to those mistakes and how they tighten them up”.
Canada is one of the members of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network, alongside Australia, New Zealand and the UK and the leak of classified information is likely to put further strain on the group as it weighs how seriously the current American administration takes the handling of top secret information.
The revelations came as Canada grapples with a rapidly deteriorating relationship with the United States, its largest trading partner and closest military ally.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/trump-signal-leak-reaction-canada-five-eyes
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