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That's a valid point of which I was thinking. Why is it okay for Hillary's campaign to get a foreign spy to do a dossier on Trump's campaign? Isn't that collusion? If Trump got a Russian spy, it would be the end of the world. Are spies permitted as long as they are of allies or only if the person they are spying for is a Democrat? Please tell me, NYT and WaPo.

Also, why is it okay for foreign governments (our allies) to intercept info on Trump? Were they intercepting info on Hillary?

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said. The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.

Another source suggested the Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.

It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking information. The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets. Over several months, different agencies targeting the same people began to see a pattern of connections that were flagged to intelligence officials in the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia

By chance. Sure.