Meanwhile, on the Other Side of the Looking Glass ......
An earlier view expressed elsewhere with just a couple of subtle adjustments .......
Honourable Member 14 Jan 2020 8:09AM [2001140809] ..... observes on https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/13/united-states-presents-britain-fresh-intelligence-huawei-risks/The US now enjoys a monopoly on global intelligence. ...... William Shaw 14 Jan 2020 12:10AM@William Shaw
I think the abiding and growing problem for the US and the West is they are not now enjoying a monopoly on global intelligence.
Indeed, it may very well be the case that nowadays are they working with sub-prime information which has to be used and abused to prop up deluded administrations and rapidly failing systems.