Tablet Magazine
Spies Like Us
Spy vs. spy intrigue between the CIA and Israel, centered around the
U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
By Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv | 7:00 am Apr 8, 2010
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/30106/spies-like-us/
[Portions of this article were subject to deletions by the Israeli
Military Censor.[
The United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, in a prime beachfront location at
71 HaYarkon Street, is six stories tall, not including the mysteries on
its roof. Israeli intelligence operatives and journalists have for many
years suspected that atop the embassy and perhaps in its basement are
sophisticated surveillance systems that keep a close electronic eye on
the Jewish state. Certainly, as is standard in most any U.S. Embassy,
there is a suite of offices comprising the CIA station, its staffers
given diplomatic titles such as “second secretary.” No attempt is made
to hide their identity from Israeli authorities because this host
government is considered friendly.
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb310/index.htm
Why is “Poodle Blanket” Classified?
Still More Dubious Secrets at the Pentagon
Posted - April 7, 2010
Edited by William Burr - 202/994-7000
President John F. Kennedy and national security adviser McGeorge Bundy, who presided over the creation of the “Poodle Blanket” contingency plans, confer on 13 June 1962 (Photo from John F. Kennedy Library Web site)
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2010 - In a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the Pentagon claims that “Poodle Blanket” contingency plans from 1961 for a possible confrontation over West Berlin (no longer divided) with the Soviet Union (no longer a country) still need to be secret for fear of damage to current U.S. national security, according to documents posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University (www.nsarchive.org).
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[Has links to declassified papers and history here.]