Five Eyes

proper noun

An alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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
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    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
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APA

Five Eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Five%20Eyes

MLA

“Five Eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Five%20Eyes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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