U.S. Spies On Israel Nukes, Govt: Official History

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From The Carnegie Endowment

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States routinely spies on Israel to try to gather information on its assumed atomic arsenal and secret government deliberations, a new official history of Israel's intelligence services says.

While espionage by allies on their friends is not uncommon, it is rare that state-sponsored publications acknowledge it. Israeli-U.S. ties have been especially touchy in this regard since a U.S. Navy analyst, Jonathan Pollard, was jailed for life for treason in 1987 for passing classified documents to Israel.

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My Comment: I am not surprised by these reports. What I wish they would do is completely declassify these secrets, and let us know what they have always known.