Posted on 08/29/2004 7:41:04 AM PDT by yonif
Responding to reports that the FBI is investigating a Department of Defense official in a possible Israeli spy case, MK Yuval Steinitz, chairman of Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said Saturday that lessons from the Pollard affair have restrained Israel from spying against Washington for two decades.
"Following the Pollard crisis 20 years ago, there was a decision not to spy against the US government or its subsidiaries, and I am confident that this is the case," he said.
Jonathan Pollard, a former naval intelligence officer was caught in Washington in November 1985, and was arrested after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli Embassy.
Steinitz said that despite Israel's deep concern about Iran's nuclear program it would not be tempted to break its ban on spying against the United States.
"Israel is very concerned ... that the ayatollahs will acquire nuclear weapons because this is an unpredictable regime with close network to terror organizations around the world," he said. "But if you think this might change our previous decision to spy on the US, the answer is no."
Former Mossad head Danny Yatom told Army Radio that Israel, which enjoys excellent intelligence relations with the US, could not possibly have been spying on the US military.
With AP
Pure crap. The Israelis do spy on us, and have done so for many years. They will continue to do so in the future as well, and many Americans will turn a blind eye to it because they're Israelis.
I also have no doubt that Israel spies on the US, nor do I have doubt the US spies on Israel.
That being said, we will soon find out if this current controversy proves out to be true.
Yep. That's true too.
Did Yuval Steinitz, chairman of Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee just admit that Pollard was an Israeli spy? "Following the Pollard crisis 20 years ago, there was a decision not to spy against the US government or its subsidiaries, and I am confident that this is the case."
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