Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is increasingly concerned about Israel
ramping up its spying on the U.S., recently raising the
counterintelligence threat level from America’s top ally in the Middle
East to the highest level, according to two U.S. officials and one
former U.S. official.

The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the
new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions between
Israel and the U.S. over the way forward in the war with Iran, the
officials said. They said the DIA posted an internal message, viewed
by one of the current officials, that raised the level for Israel to
“critical.”

The designation stems from concerns within the Pentagon that Israel is
making a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get
information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and
decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East, the officials
said.

The DIA assessment includes a seven-page document and features a
chart, according to one of the current U.S. officials. The document
says the assessment of Israel is that its ability to conduct human
espionage and technical collection is at a “critical level,” according
to the official.

It also identifies a series of specific incidents that heightened U.S.
concerns, the official said.

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