Best Of Friends? CIA Considers Israel One Of Its Biggest Spy Threats

[Purveyor]

While US politicians boast strong ties with Israel, CIA officials suggest Israel is one of its biggest counter-intelligence threats. With spyware that rivals that of American agencies, it is extremely difficult to detect the extent of its spying.

In a CIA ranking of the world’s intelligence agencies and their willingness to help the US fight the War on Terror, Israel fell below Libya.

Speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, current and former US intelligence officials blame Israel for incidents that indicate attempts to acquire secret information.

One CIA station chief noticed that the communication equipment that he used to contact CIA headquarters from Israel had been tampered with, even though it was in a locked box. Another CIA officer based in Israel had his home broken into. While nothing was stolen, the officer noticed his food had been rearranged.

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http://rt.com/usa/news/cia-mossad-israel-espionage-311/

AP: US sees Israel, tight Mideast ally, as spy threat

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_ISRAEL_SPYING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-28-09-25-08

[PDJane]

1. Apart from the fact that the CIA considers everyone a threat,

In this particular instance, I believe they have a point.

[Peregrine]

3. Every one is a threat

We spy on them. I wouldn't douby a few of their ministers are us spies.

[indepat]

2. A spy threat that doesn't like being

spied upon, ala the U.S.S. Liberty?

[Peregrine]

4. We still have Pollard in jail

And repub and demo presidents have refused to release him.

[freshwest]

5. Wonder if Romney is there to cut a deal?

[lunasun]

6. or just start a war?

[freshwest]

7. The policy crew he's got working for him expect to start one. Pure PNAC:

From another member here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021035856#post8

And just one of the guys on the list, Cofer Black:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofer_Black

These people are bad news. Not to mention Mitt's paling around with Cheney.

[elleng]

8. Exactly, fresh.

[yurbud]

9. comparing that to Gulf of Tonkin shows why casus belli are usually bullshit

In the same decade, two attacks on US warships, one that caused severe damage and loss of life, and the other that even the president at the time says may not have happened at all.

If we really went to war over stuff like that, you would expect us to go to war for the first and ignore the second, but we did the exact opposite.

That would be a good question to ask about in a presidential debate:

"If you decide it is necessary to go to war to protect some strategic interest or because of pressure from the business community, will you be honest with the American people, or will you make up some bullshit excuse like every president who has started a war has done (with the possible exceptions of the Civil War, World War II, and Korea)?"

[stockholmer]

10. +1000