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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-898647
U.S. Sources Dismiss Pentagon Leak Alleging Israeli Spying
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - U.S. sources told the Jerusalem Post they reject the Saturday Pentagon leak to NBC News claiming Israeli espionage activity against the U.S., defining it as likely coming from those within the U.S. and even within the Pentagon who oppose American intervention in Iran. The White House told NBC that the story was "false and sourced to someone who doesn't have any knowledge of what's going on." The Israeli Embassy in Washington said the espionage claims were "completely false. Israel does not gather intelligence on American entities, let alone U.S. government officials. Israel's intelligence collection efforts are aimed at its enemies, not its allies. Any claims to the contrary are either misinformed or politically motivated." In recent decades, intelligence sharing between both countries has been so extensive that the standard view is that there would be no need to spy on what is already being voluntarily shared by both sides. Israel has shared highly confidential intelligence regarding Iran with successive U.S. administrations. During the 2026 Iran war, senior IDF officials entered top-secret U.S. command centers, senior U.S. military officials entered Israeli command centers, and a large number of U.S. military aircraft were operating out of Ben-Gurion Airport.