Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Wednesday he would call the U.S. ambassador to Denmark following a report in The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. plans to launch an intelligence-gathering operation on Greenland.
“I have read the article in The Wall Street Journal, and it worries me greatly, because we do not spy on friends,” Rasmussen told reporters.
Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, but it’s closer geographically to the U.S. than to Denmark.
The Trump administration has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to step up information-gathering on Greenland, further indicating President Donald Trump’s interest in the North Atlantic island.
Last week, the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency were given a “collection emphasis message” under the direction of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi…
