Big challenge for Five Eyes intel club over alleged India assassination of Sikh leader in Canada

The Five Eyes intelligence club whose members are the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, share nearly everything. That's the whole point of the club, everyone gets to know pretty much everything everyone else discovers from human intelligence, satellite intelligence and anything else gleaned that gets the Secret branding. Not everything is shared. For example. the identity of super secret human sources is always kept close to the individual agency's chest and never divulged. But all the mass of material picked up by America's National Security Agency, Britain's GCHQ and the equivalent agencies operated by the other members gets shared around. So when eavesdropping satellites, probably US ones, picked up chatter from Indian diplomats about the targeting of a Sikh leader in Canada, allegedly authorised by the Indian government, the devastating intelligence would have been passed around the Five Eyes club members. And, of course, especially for the attention of the Canadian government. The Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Niijar, a strong advocate for an independent homeland for Sikhs in India's Punjab region, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia in June. Canada started an immediate investigation but sought the help of the Five Eyes club to gather any electronic communication evidence. The evidence was provided which was why the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a public announcement that there were "credible allegations" that the Indian government had authorised the assassination. In other words, an extra-judicial killing on Canadian sovereign territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, a Hindu, denied the allegation and diplomatic relations between the two countries has been rock bottom ever since. But where are the rest of the Five Eyes club which helped provide the "evidence". They have all been desperately cautious, not wanting to accuse India of anything. All they have done is express concern and appealed to Modi to cooperate in finding out who the assassins were. Poor old Trudeau, left alone to face the flack. Big Politics and Big Diplomacy have tied the tongues of the other four Five Eyes leaders. They, and the West in general, want India on side to confront China and the last thing they need is an assassination in Canada to spoil the charm offensive with the Modi government. So Modi wins and Trudeau looks increasingly crestfallen and let down. It's the way of the world but it's a tough lesson for the Canadian prime minister.