US orders intelligence agencies to step up spying on Greenland

The US is stepping up its intelligence-gathering efforts regarding Greenland, drawing America’s spying apparatus into President Trump’s campaign to take over the island, according to two people familiar with the effort, Report informs via The Wall Street Journal.

Several high-ranking officials under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a “collection emphasis message” to intelligence-agency heads last week.

They were directed to learn more about Greenland’s independence movement and attitudes on American resource extraction on the island.