Thursday, May 08, 2014

THE CONE OF SILENCE

Newsweek's Jeff Stein wrote an important article about Israel spying on the US and followed it up with this article:
Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the U.S. Mostly Hushed Up
I just did a LexisNexis search of newspapers for "Israel spying" beginning April 1, 2014 and there was only one hit:
Jerusalem Post

April 23, 2014 Wednesday

ADL chief: US concerns about Israeli tourist espionage are 'hypocritical, almost irrational'. Foxman says barriers to joining visa waiver program linked to fears of dual loyalty

BYLINE: SAM SOKOL; JTA contributed to this report.

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3

LENGTH: 648 words

The Anti-Defamation League has reacted harshly to reports that several members of US Congress and representatives of the country's intelligence community have cautioned against admitting Israel into the State Department's visa waiver program due to concerns over espionage.
GOOGLE News was only a little better than LexisNexis:

Israelis reject reports of spying on the US as Susan Rice visits

Los Angeles Times-May 7, 2014
According to a report in Newsweek, some American counterspy officials say Israel is pursuing espionage efforts against the U.S. that have

Israelis deny claims of excessive spying on US

Columbus Dispatch-19 hours ago
According to a report in Newsweek, some American counterspy officials say Israel is pursuing espionage efforts against the United States that

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