Queenstown’s Five Eyes: Top spies jump in for a rally
American spies are gathering in Queenstown for a secret meeting of the global Five Eyes Intelligence Network. new zealand herald understand.
Representatives of the Five Eyes, made up of intelligence agencies from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, have quietly popped into an alpine resort town for the past few days.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operative is known to be on the scene for several days.
Today, at the luxurious five-star Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown, a suburb of Queenstown, plainclothes Diplomatic Protection Service (DPS) agents and undercover armed police can be seen in a variety of unmarked vehicles. was seen
After contacting from Herald today, Andrew Little, Minister for NZSIS and GCSB, confirmed the meeting.
“As the public expects, New Zealand national security and intelligence officials will meet with their Five Eyes counterparts as part of their regular engagements. I am,” Little said.
“It is not in New Zealand’s national security interests, or those of our partners, to provide any further details at this time.”
Popular resorts were overrun with golfers today, most of whom were unaware of the high security surrounding them.
Herald We understand that police officers from various districts of the South Island are cooperating to ensure safety during the conference.
In 2017, then-FBI Director James Comey was spotted emerging from a Gulfstream G550 jet flying straight from Hawaii to Queenstown.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo also arrived via a CIA-registered Gulfstream GIV, spotted earlier at Wellington Airport.
Under heavy security, the Americans were taken by police escorts to Millbrook, where it was believed that the meeting took place.
– This article was originally published on the New Zealand Herald website.
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