Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S.

[fanger]

Soon after the U.S. and other major powers entered negotiations last year to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, senior White House officials learned Israel was spying on the closed-door talks.

The spying operation was part of a broader campaign by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to penetrate the negotiations and then help build a case against the emerging terms of the deal, current and former U.S. officials said. In addition to eavesdropping, Israel acquired information from confidential U.S. briefings, informants and diplomatic contacts in Europe, the officials said.

The espionage didn’t upset the White House as much as Israel’s sharing of inside information with U.S. lawmakers and others to drain support from a high-stakes deal intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program, current and former officials said.

“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,” said a senior U.S. official briefed on the matter.
Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S. - WSJ

“If you’re wondering whether something serious has shifted here, the answer is yes,” a senior U.S. official said. “These things leave scars.”

 

[Roadrunner]

Soon after the U.S. and other major powers entered negotiations last year to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, senior White House officials learned Israel was spying on the closed-door talks.

The spying operation was part of a broader campaign by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to penetrate the negotiations and then help build a case against the emerging terms of the deal, current and former U.S. officials said. In addition to eavesdropping, Israel acquired information from confidential U.S. briefings, informants and diplomatic contacts in Europe, the officials said.

The espionage didn’t upset the White House as much as Israel’s sharing of inside information with U.S. lawmakers and others to drain support from a high-stakes deal intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program, current and former officials said.

“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,” said a senior U.S. official briefed on the matter.
Israel Spied on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S. - WSJ

“If you’re wondering whether something serious has shifted here, the answer is yes,” a senior U.S. official said. “These things leave scars.”

What is going on the Obama/Kerry feel the deal needs to be secret?

What happened to "transparency"?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Israel should be spying on them, it's not like Obama/Kerry can be trusted

 

[fanger]

Israel is not part of the negotiation Team
But it was Israel's sharing of inside information with US lawmakers and others that particularly angered the White House, the report quoted an official as saying.

"It is one thing for the US and Israel to spy on each other. It is another thing for Israel to steal US secrets and play them back to US legislators to undermine US diplomacy,"

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Israel is not part of the negotiation Team
But it was Israel's sharing of inside information with US lawmakers and others that particularly angered the White House, the report quoted an official as saying.

"It is one thing for the US and Israel to spy on each other. It is another thing for Israel to steal US secrets and play them back to US legislators to undermine US diplomacy,"

I stand with Israel...Obungles can go to hell

 

[Daniyel]

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=24373
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=24377
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=24385
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=24365

Interesting situation.

 

[Coyote]

Discuss the topic please - as for the rest, take it to the Flame Zone.

 

[montelatici]

Israel should be spying on them, it's not like Obama/Kerry can be trusted

Spoken like a true American patriot.

 

[fanger]

The leader of the US House of Representatives House said Tuesday that he’s “baffled” by reports that Israel spied on negotiators in the closed-door talks over Iran’s nuclear program – espionage that Israeli officials denied.
“I’m baffled by it,” Speaker John Boehner told reporters about the news report that comes at a time of strained relations between the US and Israel. “I’m not aware of that at all.”
Boehner baffled by reports that Israel spied on US Iran talks The Ugly Truth

 

[Penelope]

“We do not spy on the United States,” Lieberman told Army Radio. “…All the information we obtained is from a different side and not through the United States.”

I don't believe the Israel gov at all, but now they just admitted they got info from a different side, who would that be RUSSIA, or CHINA?

 

[aris2chat]

When it concerns Israel safety and survival......they will do what is necessary. If this negotiation puts Israel as risk, they have every right to know.
It is not preventing Iran from making a bomb, just slowing down the process a bit. That is not acceptable. It shouldn't be for anyone in the world. Iran is one of the main sponsors of terrorist groups. They are still calling for the annihilation of Israel, just the other day after talks with Kerry.