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• "a report had surfaced - of a trip of then-vice president - Al Gore !"

 

 

 

 

• "the report described the - secret service !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "had secured Gore’s room in Israel - in advance - and they all left !"

 

 

 

 

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• "except for one agent - who decided to take a long - slow time on the pot !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a US official said - "so the room was all quiet - and he heard a noise in the vent"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and he saw the vent clips - being moved from the inside !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and then he saw a guy - started to exit - the vent into the room !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he kind of coughed - and the guy went back - into the vents !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that incident - "crossed the line" - of acceptable behavior !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Officials about Israel - Newsweek: LINK ¤ NEWSWEEK

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• "US officials - and congressional sources - described !"

 

 

 

 

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• "aggressive operations - of Israeli agents - in the USA !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "their activities were - "unrivaled and unseemly"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "US counter-intelligence officials - told members of the House judiciary and foreign affairs committees !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it had been extensive - for years !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "beginning in the mid-1990s - after Israel promised to stop spying !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in the US - in the wake of the Pollard affair !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the FBI regularly felt compelled - to summon Israeli diplomats - for a scolding !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there had been methods - Israeli agents went after senior US navy officers - on shore !"

 

 

 

 

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• "after space industry officials - or scientists with intellectual property !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Israeli agents and businessmen - were trying to lure targets - to visit Israel !"

 

 

 

 

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• "representatives of Maf’at - an administrative body - between the Israel defense ministry - and military companies !"

 

 

 

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• "they were trying - industrial espionage !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a man - after he gave a speech at a security companies - gathering !"

 

 

 

 

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• "was approached by the commercial attaché - of the Israeli embassy !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "had he ever thought - of coming over ?! - they would pay - all his expenses !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "their goal was - to get contacts - to come over there !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and then wined them - dined them - assessed them !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they searched - if they could find - weaknesses ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Agreement - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the documents of the NSA - described a data agreement !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of raw intelligence data - with the Israeli agency !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "without first sifting it - removed information about - US citizens !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the memorandum of understanding - described the intelligence-sharing agreement !"

 

 

 

 

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• "communications - likely contained phone calls - and emails - of US citizens !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the agreement described - no legally binding limits - on the use of the data !"

 

 

 

 

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• "by the Israeli agency - "raw sigint" - signal intelligence !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "raw sigint - included unevaluated - and unminimized transcripts !"

 

 

 

 

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• "gists - facsimiles - telex - voice - and digital network !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "metadata - and content !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the data shared - would not be filtered ! - ( in advance by analysts ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "the memorandum of understanding described - they could retain !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "any files - contained the identities - of US persons - for up to a year !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "the only limitation was - to or from - an official - of the US government !"

 

 

 

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• "then they were required to - "destroy upon recognition" - any communication !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "another report - marked top secret - described the relationship !"

 

 

 

 

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• "became more one-sided - they were a near sigint partner !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but on the other hand - they targeted them !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a NIE - national intelligence estimate - described them !"

 

 

 

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• "as the third - most aggressive intelligence service - against the US !"