What Happened
US And Israel Expand Cooperation Despite Counterintelligence Concerns
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency has raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat designation to ‘critical’, the highest level in its system, amid concerns about Israeli intelligence services collecting information on internal US deliberations. This development comes as Congress considers legislation to expand defense technology cooperation between the US and Israel, with supporters arguing it will accelerate innovation and strengthen defense-industrial cooperation. The proposal has been backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, according to Military.com.