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Mr. Sparkle

(3,729 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:01 PM 3 hrs ago

'UNHINGED': Pentagon Says Israel Spying 'CRITICAL THREAT'

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.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-raised-threat-israeli-spying-us-highest-level-sources-say-rcna348565

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'UNHINGED': Pentagon Says Israel Spying 'CRITICAL THREAT' (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle 3 hrs ago OP

Ya but... 2027 NDAA Provision Seeks Sweeping US-Israel Defense Tech Integration cbabe 2 hrs ago #1

Damn, what the hell is going on with WH... Lovie777 2 hrs ago #2

cbabe

(6,913 posts)

1. Ya but... 2027 NDAA Provision Seeks Sweeping US-Israel Defense Tech Integration

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:24 PM

2 hrs ago

https://www.military.com/2027-ndaa-provision-seeks-sweeping-us-israel-defense-tech-integration

2027 NDAA Provision Seeks Sweeping US-Israel Defense Tech Integration

Haley Fuller
Jun 3, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

A provision tucked into the House Armed Services Committee’s draft version of the Fiscal Year 2027 defense policy bill could move the U.S.-Israel military relationship beyond traditional aid and into a far deeper form of defense-industrial integration.

Section 224 of the drafted National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” would require the defense secretary to designate an executive agent to coordinate U.S.-Israel defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration and industrial cooperation. It specifically describes the provision as covering bilateral defense technology work, integration and industrial cooperation.

Supporters view the proposal as a way to strengthen cooperation between two longtime security partners while critics argue it would move the relationship beyond traditional military aid and into a far deeper system of defense-industrial integration that would be harder for Congress, taxpayers, and even future administrations, to monitor or unwind. The U.S. and Israel jointly struck Iran on Feb. 28, leading to the ongoing war in the Middle East that has enveloped multiple nations.

Ben Freeman, director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute, warned in Responsible Statecraft that “Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries," adding that the measure could intertwine the two countries’ military sectors at a level not previously seen in any U.S. allyship.

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Lovie777

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2. Damn, what the hell is going on with WH...

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:35 PM

2 hrs ago

US got spies in Israel and around the world. The countries in the same world have spies in the US.

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