Il a estimé que les services secrets britanniques et les Néozélandais seraient sans doute très réticents à compromettre le partenariat UKUSA en refusant de coopérer et d'écouter l'Europe continentale.
In Hager's view, like their New Zealand counterparts the British secret services would probably be very loath to call the UKUSA partnership into question by refusing to cooperate and intercept communications originating from continental Europe.