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Five Eyes

Five Eyes proper noun: an alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Proper noun

Five Eyes

  1. An alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
    • In fact, in 2003, during the United Nations Security Council debate over whether to invade Iraq, the NSA asked all Five Eyes countries to target the communications between diplomats on the Council.2008, James Bamford, The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, Anchor, →ISBN
    • Broadly speaking, the NSA has three different categories of foreign relationships. The first is with the Five Eyes group: the US spies with these countries, but rarely on them, unless requested to by those countries' own officials.2014, Glenn Greenwald, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN

Questions about Five Eyes

What does Five Eyes mean?
Five Eyes means an alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
What part of speech is Five Eyes?
Five Eyes is a proper noun.

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