
Tom Stevenson & Tariq Ali: Someone Else's Empire
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Building Surveillance Framework for War-making Capacity
The NSA-GCQ global surveillance system was built as a framework for war-making capacity, with Britain redeploying naval assets to cover gaps in the 60s so that the United States could send its troops. This collaboration also provided signals and intelligence from remaining facilities in the Far East, indicating the direction of future developments. By the Falklands War, it was evident that Britain relied on the United States, which was not reciprocated.
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