“The threat level is the highest”: against the backdrop of war in Iran, the United States accuses Israel of espionage

Would the United States’ main ally now be perceived as a threat? According to the American media, the Pentagon’s counter-espionage services (Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA) have increased their vigilance towards Israel, in a context of growing tensions between the two countries against the backdrop of the war in Iran. Thus, the DIA would have raised the alert level concerning the espionage and technical intelligence collection activities of the Jewish state to “critical”, according to American officials interviewed by NBC News.

This information, released in an internal message, is indicative of the Pentagon’s concerns about Israel’s efforts to monitor senior American officials to obtain information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decisions regarding the Middle East conflict.

In detail, it is specified in the New York Times, the DIA reports notably mention attempts to listen to Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s main negotiator in this conflict, Elbridge A. Colby, senior Pentagon official in matters of foreign policy, as well as one of his main deputies, Michael P. DiMino IV.

Old and often tolerated espionage techniques

Note that the assessment carried out by the counter-espionage services comes following the alert given by American soldiers deployed in Israël having spotted the clandestine installation of software…

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