Pentagon Raises Israel Spy Threat to Highest Level: NBC Report
The Defense Intelligence Agency raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to critical as U.S.-Israel tensions grew over the war with Iran, officials said.
- On Friday, NBC News reported the Defense Intelligence Agency raised the counterintelligence threat level for Israel to "critical," the highest possible designation, citing concerns about increasingly aggressive Israeli espionage targeting senior United States officials.
- The assessment stems from concerns that Israel is monitoring senior officials to gain insight into the Trump administration's internal deliberations on Middle East conflicts, particularly regarding Iran policy decisions.
- A seven-page DIA document identifies specific incidents that heightened U.S. concerns, echoing the 1980s when U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard spent 30 years in prison after selling classified documents to Israel, causing a diplomatic rift with Washington.
- Following a tense phone call this past week where President Donald Trump reportedly called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy," U.S. officials now use burner phones and extreme caution when traveling to Israel.
- The Israeli Embassy in Washington insisted the report is "completely false," while the White House also denied it; however, daily intelligence-sharing between the two countries regarding the war in Iran continues unaffected.
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Pentagon raises Israel spy threat to highest level: NBC report
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the highest possible level on concerns about increasingly aggressive Israeli espionage targeting US officials, NBC News reported Friday. The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) issued the new assessment in recent weeks, elevating Israel's threat designation to "critical," according to two current and one former US official cited by the network. The move stems from conc…
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US raises Israeli espionage threat level, citing concerns over intelligence gathering
Pentagon raises Israel counterintelligence threat to ‘critical,’ NBC reports, citing US officials alleging surveillance of senior US officials over Iran talks; Israel and White House deny any accusations
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