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This development--which may typify Europe's current approach to transatlantic intelligence-sharing--was confirmed last week by the heads of the Netherlands' two largest intelligence agencies in a joint interview with De Volkskrant newspaper. The joint interview was given to De Volkskrant by Erik Akerboom, director of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), and Peter Reesink , director of the General Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD)--AIVD's [DEL:civilian:DEL] military counterpart. Both men stressed that inter-agency relations between Dutch and American intelligence organizations remain "excellent". However, they added that the Netherlands has grown more selective about what it chooses to share with American intelligence agencies--particularly the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. "That we sometimes don't share things anymore, that's true," Reesink said, referring to sharing information with American intelligence agencies. Akerboom added: "sometimes you have to think case by case." He went on to say: "We can't say what we will or won't share. But we can say that we are more critical." According to the two senior officials, Dutch spies have been intensifying intelligence cooperation and sharing with their European counterparts. This is particularly applicable to a collection of central and northern European intelligence services from countries like Scandinavia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland, according to De Volkskrant. > Author: Ian Allen | Date: 20 October 2025 | Permalink * Click to print (Opens in new window) Print * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * More * * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Like Loading... Related Filed under Expert news and commentary on intelligence, espionage, spies and spying Tagged with AIVD (Netherlands), intelligence cooperation, intelligence sharing, MIVD (Netherlands), Netherlands, News, United States 6 Responses to Dutch spy services have restricted intelligence-sharing with the United States: report 1. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 02:19 Note: The AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) handles domestic and non-military threats, while the MIVD (Military Intelligence and Security Service) focuses on international and military threats. The AIVD operates under the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, whereas the MIVD is under the Ministry of Defence. 2. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 04:09 As if the USA needs them... 3. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 06:27 ANd exactly what do they have to share? An occasional bit of HUMINT? After being trained by UK SOE in WWII they have really not done much 4. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 07:20 Hi Ian It is easy to confuse the two Dutch intelligence and security agencies: The civilian agency is the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) [1] and The military agency is the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD). Most indicative is its name in Dutch: Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst [2] Any foreign agency (including the US's Five Eye allies) in liaison with the CIA would be sensitive to Trump's habit of publicizing or giving to the wrong people what would normally be US Secrets, US Top Secrets and even ally's secrets for political purposes. For example during Trump's first presidency see IntelNews article "Israel revises intel-sharing rules with US, after alleged disclosure to Russians" of May 25, 2017 at https://intelnews.org/ 2017/05/25/01-2113/ which begins: "Authorities in Israel have revised their intelligence-sharing protocols with the American government after it became known that United States President Donald Trump inadvertently exposed Israeli secrets to Russia. The alleged exposure of Israeli secrets came earlier this month, during a meeting between Mr. Trump and a delegation of Russian government officials, which included Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Kislyak, Moscow's Ambassador to Washington." Trump revealed enough for the following to be raised in IntelNews article "Is Trump signaling possible CIA covert operations against [Mexican] drug cartels?" of January 21, 2025 at https:// intelnews.org/2025/01/21/01-3382/ . where Mexico is mentioned repeatedly. Three days ago "President Donald Trump acknowledged authorizing covert CIA operations in [Venezuela]." see CNN article of October 18, 2025 at https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/ cia-venezuela-trump-castro-noriega-analysis This would normally be a US Eyes Only Top Secret matter. About the Dutch matter? I suspect that in general NATO members do not trust Trump to withhold NATO secrets from Russia, particularly during Trump's personal weekly phone calls to Putin. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ General_Intelligence_and_Security_Service [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Dutch_Military_Intelligence_and_Security_Service 5. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 10:40 Translation: they don't want their intelligence shared with the Russians. 6. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says: October 20, 2025 at 14:29 Uh huh. I'm sure this public pronouncement has nothing to do with rising tensions with Venezuela & fears Dutch territory could face blowback. 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