For the newbies and normies,
>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pine_Gap
Pine Gap is the commonly used name for an Australian Earth station ~18 kms (11 mi) SW of the town of
Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the centre of Australia which is operated by both
Australia and the United States.
Not only skoops. See (metatitle) in
Why did the Intercept decide to publish their Pine Gap "Revelations" in Aug 2017 when they've had the Snowden Docs for years?
Wouldn't happen to be cuz of what happened during June 5-6, would it?
>theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/06/05/secretary-tillerson-and-secretary-mattis-visit-australia-for-bilateral-summit/
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis are in Sydney, Australia, June 5–6, participating in the 2017 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations hosted by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne.
T-Rex, Mattis and their Australian counterparts are discussing a full range of U.S-Australian cooperation on bilateral, regional, and global issues.
Press Conference Video: (U.S. media show publicly why T-Rex dislikes them at 16:30, who was that idjit.)