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Article: With friends like these ... The Israeli government has strenuously denied involvement in the current spy scandal in the United States but the episode has undoubtedly opened up old wounds.(US/ISRAEL)
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- The Middle East
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- October 1, 2004
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THE SCANDAL OVER A suspected Israeli mole in the Pentagon who allegedly passed highly sensitive policy documents on Iran to Israeli agents in Washington has rekindled suspicions long held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and others in Washington, that the Jewish state systematically spies on its strategic ally and benefactor.
Shortly before George Tenet retired as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in June, he alleged that an Israeli agent was operating in Washington. Tenet was challenged to identify the agent, but for reasons that were never explained apparently did not do so.
Nonetheless, that episode underlined growing ...