I probably shouldn't have removed my tinfoil lining yet but yes, you're correct. Any information the US government has access to through these channels is also probably accessible by our surveillance/intelligence allies. It raises a lot of questions about how deep the rabbit hole goes, but I won't elucidate them here since I've been threatened with bans for doing so. I guess it's a do-your-own research situation, but always carry a healthy degree of skepticism when you read about anything government-adjacent.