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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 72 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions between Israel and the U.S. over the way forward in the war with Iran, the officials said. They said the DIA posted an internal message, viewed by one of the current officials, that raised the level for Israel to “critical.”

The designation stems from concerns within the Pentagon that Israel is making a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East, the officials said.

Israel has never not spied on enemies and allies alike.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Israel doesn't have allies... It's enemies and people they haven't screwed over yet.

[–] Lucius_Sweet@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What would the USA be in this scenario. Never forget the USS Liberty and remember that is was Israeli secret services that presented the "evidence of WMDs" to the GW Bush administration that got the USA embroiled in the Iraq war.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

The USA is a putz to Israel

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

I mean the whole epstein saga was them collecting blackmail on the most powerful people in the world. So Ya.

[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s likely that this is a response to the proposal of integrating Israel into the Pentagon.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago

Appropriately.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 49 points 3 weeks ago

I suppose having the Commander in Chief fully compromised by Israeli intelligence blackmail material is a pretty high espionage threat, yeah.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Spying? Everybody already knows all our secrets. It isn't even hard. Just tell Trump you'll pay him, and he'll tell you whatever you want to know. I'm sure all the rest of them are selling everything, too. America is totally for sale, and EVERYBODY knows it.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not Americans, until now. Source: this article.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

Start with political donations if you want to actually keep Israel in check.

[–] PotatoPie@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Must mean the levels are pointless, because the US will never stop supporting Israel, that's a law of nature by now and i trust it more than political claims

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

The USA will collapse before either of these things occur:

  • not supporting Israeli expansionism
  • taxing rich people

Those are the absolute red lines, the people who run the country will pull it down before they let either of those happen.

[–] CanadaPlus 15 points 3 weeks ago

Man, imagine being the person at the Pentagon or the FBI in charge of stopping the Israelis from messing with American affairs. Talk about a Sisyphean task.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's hard to stop spies when your supreme leader opens the door for them.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

And all of congress. And the interests which fund our political system. And the Vichy voters in our political systems who would rather collaborate than fight, as long as their local mcdonalds stays open and their pickleball privileges protected.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 12 points 3 weeks ago

Israel isn't happy with 95% of the military information we share with them so they want to steal the last 5%.

That pariah nation needs some fucking comeuppance for what they've done to our country.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago
[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the solution somehow would be to merge the military and intelligence apparati of the two countries. The US of A would become Israel's 2nd to 51st states.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Israel would never accept Americans as citizens in a federation-- even one they utterly control. It'll be a colonialism/vassal state system where the US gets to be the one that gets it resources and wealth extracted. We're arguably already in it.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When Israeli spies are caught, tried in a just court and convicted, they should face a punishment of execution, publicly. The massive damage to the globe that their spying does--like when they stole all the nuclear material from the US to build their nukes, merits that punishment and more. Its a clear act of war against the US.

Heres background on Israeli theft of the materials. If you are curious you can google the Numec affair, also known as the Apollo affair.

https://thebulletin.org/2014/04/did-israel-steal-bomb-grade-uranium-from-the-united-states/ and https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2016-11-02/numec-affair-did-highly-enriched-uranium-us-aid-israels-nuclear-weapons-program

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And this week, the DIA will release a report about water, and it's confirmed wetness.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Water is not wet. It makes other things wet.

That's like saying your pants are dressed.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

My underwear has pants on 🤷‍♂️

They are. Each day I give them little outfits. What, you don't?

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, think of a particle man. Is he a dot or is he a speck? When he's underwater, does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?

Nobody knows.

Particle man.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Particle Man Song by They Might Be Giants ‧ 1990

Particle man, particle man Doing the things a particle can What's he like, it's not important Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater, does he get wet Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows particle man

Triangle man, triangle man Triangle man hates particle man They have a fight, triangle wins Triangle man

Universe man, universe man Size of the entire universe, man Usually kind to smaller man Universe man

He's got a watch with a minute hand Millennium hand and an eon hand And when they meet, it's a happy land Powerful man, universe man

Person man, person man Hit on the head with a frying pan Lives his life in a garbage can Person man

Is he depressed or is he a mess? Does he feel totally worthless? Who came up with person man? Degraded man, person man

Triangle man, triangle man Triangle man hates person man They have a fight, triangle wins Triangle man

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Anyone want to make any bets now on how long the Defense Intelligence Agency inside the pentagon will still have funding?

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's pretty much what happened with USAID. Their reports kept mentioning how Israel was blocking aid trucks and shooting at civilians. The director said that Israel was in breach of the Leahy law. Biden admin censored them and pulled the operations out of Palestine. Trump came in and completely dismantled it.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

It would be really funny if Trump and Netanyahu put hits on each other.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

the calls are coming from within the white house!

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 3 weeks ago

As much as I hate iarael. Everybody does spying. The usa also spied on Israel and Netanyahu.

https://forward.com/fast-forward/328646/how-jewish-groups-and-benjamin-netanyahu-got-spied-on-by-us/