UKUSA Community
From Freepedia
The UKUSA Community is an alliance of English-speaking nations for the purpose of gathering intelligence via signals intelligence.
The UKUSA constituent agencies are:
- Australia - Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)
- Canada - Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
- New Zealand - Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)
- United Kingdom - Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
- United States - National Security Agency (NSA)
The primary purpose of UKUSA is to service the ECHELON monitoring system.
Further reading
- Richelson, Jeffrey T.; Ball, Desmond (1985). The Ties That Bind: Intelligence Cooperation Between the UKUSA Countries. London: Allen & Unwin.
- Hager, Nicky, (1996). Secret Power—New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network. Nelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton Publishing.
