[gaijin]

I would, in fact, be surprised if Israel wasn’t gently spying on the United States. And I would be surprised if the United States wasn’t gently spying on Israel.

Exactly, yet my surprise would come only if there was anything gentle about it from either side.

The only thing a LITTLE bit special about the US/Israel case is the pressure to almost NEVER talk about it, permit it to be reported.

"Will not be HELPFUL" -- a description so concise yet so treacherous and far-reaching.

[yesthatjallen]

It would be helpful knowing the time frame this was going on.

Did it start with Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump?

The article doesn't say.

Early stingray may have been possible starting with Bush but I would think this was going on with Obama and then Trump.