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

NefeshBarYochai wrote:
> 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.
> 
> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-raised-threat-israeli-spying-us-highest-level-sources-say-rcna348565
> 
> 
This article notably does not include a date, and you are notorious for 
posting yesterday's news. Did you summon this up from a 1970s pentagram? 
Is this summoned from an alternate reality where Donald Rumsfeld 
ruminates on Diet Coke?

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