New Zealand mosque attack difficult to prevent despite Five Eyes intelligence sharing, experts say NewZealandShooting
On Friday afternoon local time, a gunman carried out an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 49 people.
Recently, some questioned New Zealand’s role in the Five Eyes alliance—a group of countries that also includes the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia—which share intelligence among each other. Critics have argued that New Zealand should be kicked out of Five Eyes for its slow response to political interference by the Chinese Communist Party. Others, however, say that New Zealand is too close of an ally to shut out.
“Five Eyes intelligence sharing in my experience did not delve deeply into what we would consider to be domestic terrorism. So any shortfall in this area would not have involved singling out New Zealand for China reasons, or any other,” Nicholas Rasmussen, a national security and counterterrorism expert at The McCain Institute for International Leadership, told Newsweek.
“Attacks like this one are awful, awful tragedies. They also, depending on how they’re plotted and executed, can be very difficult to detect and disrupt. We’re still learning how this came to pass,” Geltzer told Newsweek. “I’m sure the New Zealand government is scrutinizing that quickly and aggressively. Any major policy changes regarding intelligence sharing should allow time for that scrutiny to unfold.
Meanwhile, others have pointed to the easy way that white supremacy is spreading in online chat rooms in the current political climate.
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