Israel reportedly spied on Iran nuclear talks in effort to lobby Congress against deal
Let me ask you something. If Obama’s Iran deal is so great, then why is he hiding it?
Israel has spied on the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran as part of a campaign to convince members of Congress to oppose an agreement, according to a published report.
The Wall Street Journal says that Israel’s lobbying effort has angered Obama administration officials, one of whom told the paper that “something serious has shifted here.” [As if the American government doesn’t spy on everyone – including it’s own innocent civilians.]
“It is one thing for the U.S. and Israel to spy on each other. It is another thing for Israel to steal U.S. secrets and play them back to U.S. legislators to undermine U.S. diplomacy,” the paper quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.
Other officials said Israel is one of the most aggressive countries in terms of spying on the U.S., along with Russia, China and France. That claim was strongly denied by an Israeli official, which said the allegations were “clearly intended to undermine the strong ties between the United States and Israel and the security and intelligence relationship we share.”
According to the Journal, Israel has denied spying on U.S. officials during the talks, relying on other methods, including surveillance of the Iranian negotiating team and information from European parties to the talks, particularly France, whose negotiating position has been considered to be the closest to Israel’s [which is scary in itself].
