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Article: Israel Denies Spying on United States.
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- Israel Faxx
- Article date:
- August 30, 2004
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By VOA News & Ha'aretz
Israel Has denied that it is spying on the United States. The FBI is investigating whether a Pentagon official passed classified information to AIPAC, an Israeli lobby group in America that, in turn, passed it on to Israel.
The official Israeli response to the spy assertion was a firm denial of any involvement in the case. A statement from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office said the government was not aware of the incident. It read, "Israel is not employing any intelligence assets in the United States."
That position was elaborated on by Yuval Steinetz, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the ...