The Pine Gap secrets that bind US and Australian intelligence agencies 📡 | Spies in the Outback Ep5

In episode five: the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 change the world and cement Pine Gap’s role in wars on the other side of the world. In the final episode, we hear just how far Pine Gap’s reach is today, uncover the secrets of its stolen land and explore what it means for Australia to have a spy base hidden in the heart of the country. Full series:    • Pine Gap: Spies in the Outback | Expa...  

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When America promised to build a space base in outback Australia in the middle of the 1960s, few suspected it would put Australia in the nuclear cross-hairs in decades to come.

That space base, just 18 kilometres south of Alice Springs, would become known as Pine Gap - the most secretive intelligence facility in the country.

In season three of ABC’s Expanse, host and Alice Springs journalist Alex Barwick goes back to the beginning to find out what on earth is happening in her backyard.

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