- #US Orders #Intelligence Agencies to Step Up #Spying on #Greenland Effort underscores seriousness of #Trump’s intent to acquire the island from #Denmark Several high-ranking officials under #DNI #TulsiGabbard issued a “collection emphasis message” to intelligence-agency heads last week. They […]
- The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include #surveillance #satellites, communications intercepts & #spies on the ground, to identify people in #Greenland & #Denmark who support #US objectives for the island. The directive is one of the first concrete steps #Trump’s admin has […]
- A collection-emphasis message helps set #intelligence-agency priorities, directing resources & attention to high-interest targets. The #Greenland order, which went to agencies including the #CIA, the #Defense Intelligence Agency & the #NationalSecurity Agency, underscores the #Trump admin’s […]May 7, 2025 03:35
- #Greenland, the Arctic island of some 56k people hasn’t historically been a key target for US #intelligence collection, according to a former American #intelligence official & a former senior intelligence officer focused on #Europe. “Intelligence collection resources are inherently limited,” […]
- Asked by NBC News in an interview that aired Sunday whether he would rule out seizing #Greenland by force, #Trump demurred. “I don’t rule it out,” he said. “I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small […]
- #Greenland is home to substantial deposits of #RareEarth #minerals necessary for the production of everything from EVs to wind turbines, as well as untapped #oil & #NaturalGas reserves. #Mining those underground assets has proven logistically difficult. #geopolitics #espionage #NATO #allies […]
