Growing reports of disquiet among the US counterintelligence community, bolstered by a high-profile article in Newsweek about the extent of technical and industrial espionage have put a lot of eyes on Israel’s spying activities within the United States.
The Newsweek piece goes into great detail quoting intelligence officials and Congressional staffers on the “alarming” level of Israeli espionage within the United States, saying it was far beyond what any other US ally was believed to be attempting.
Israel has responded with an angry condemnation of Newsweek for the report, and a blanket denial of the story, insisting not only that Israeli spy activities aren’t excessive in the US, but that Israel never conducts espionage of any kind inside the United States.
Blanket denials are a common go-to tactic in defusing controversy, but in an era of global espionage the notion that Israel’s particularly active spying community doesn’t do anything at all in the US isn’t remotely credible, and will likely add fuel to the fire. The decision to accompany it with a condemnation of Newsweek for its “outrageous false allegations” also seems a miscalculation, as Newsweek’s report, while the most recent, is far from the only one in the US media documenting Israeli espionage.
Time to start deporting israeli "businessmen" "Hollywood producers" "investors" "scholars" "terrorism experts" and the like. And for the love of money, stop contracting israeli-based companies for everything.
Amen to that RickR30. We should use the RICO statutes to clean out AIPAC and the traitorous fifth column sayanim neocons.
Don't forget the art students.
Thanks. Yes, I would say israeli "students" in general who end up working illegally at those carts in every mall in the US doing who knows what for israel.
Too late too late they have already control every aspect of American life the most you can do is to burble.
Anyone with dual citizenship, from any other nation, should be deported.
Israel doesn't spy in the US of A, and Israeli's do not breathe oxygen either!
Lets see what about those spy scandals!
I suppose Israel didn't spy in Switzerland either when they stole the full blueprints of the Mirage III fighters!
The United Nations is of course in New York City, which of course is in the US. To believe this statement, one would have to believe that Israel conducts no intelligence or espionage activities related to the UN. Yeah right.
The United States of Israel.
Bibi could care less about allegations of espionage committed
by his rogue state. He's just another pimp with access to the
bordello called the US Congress.
Hey, I'm sure the bordellos of the nation don't like being compared to the US Congress– at least the bordellos get something done for their patrons, . . . which is more than this Congress can say.
Can you still call it "spying" when the US Congress and Executive branches have a direct pipeline to Israel? Whether something is classified NOFORN or not I'm sure the Israelis get a copy or at a minimum a summary…especially since many in Congress believe that Israel's survival depends on getting this information. Who needs Pollard when there are so many in Congress willing to do the deed with impunity.
Apparently even that is not enough for israel. Like the NSA they want it all, everything any US company or institution does. And speaking of the NSA, how about that business of them sharing all the raw data of all US communications directly with israel…
They don't have to spy. They own the people/organizations that they 'spy' on. Congress, the Senate, even to a large extent, the military. Probably the CIA too at this pt. in time. It's all theirs to do what they like with.
It’s never too late to enforce laws regarding national sovereignty,as well as serious -as opposed to neo-con propaganda-threats to national security…which Israel, and it’s dangerously fanatical support, most certainly qualify as, imo…
It’s never too late to enforce laws regarding national sovereignty,as well as serious -as opposed to neo-con propaganda-threats to national security…which Israel, and it’s dangerously fanatical support, most certainly qualify as, imo…
It’s never too late to enforce laws regarding national sovereignty, as well as serious -as opposed to neo-con propaganda -threats to national security…which Israel, and it’s dangerously fanatical support, should most certainly qualify as, imo…
There are cries of "antisemitism" in Israel and by the usual suspects here – the idea that Israel doesn't spy on us, including Jewish congressional staffers and ADL members and the neocons who were in the Office of Special Plans – is absurd enough… to also claim it is "antisemitism"?
I mean… all that word is now is "don't look behind the curtain". Who is buying it?
The Israelis don't have to spy very much. They have all their agents in very important jobs. Victoria Nuland is Assistant Secretary of State. We have David Cohen at Treasury leading all the Israel sponsored sanctions against Iran over a non-existent nuclear weapons program. We have Bob Menendez, Shumer, Corker, and many others in the US Senate. No, they don't need spies.