Report: Netanyahu May Have Leaked US Secrets to Hurt Iran Negotiations

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/28635-report-netanyahu-may-have-leaked-us-secrets-to-hurt-iran-negotiations

S officials believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized his government to release secret details of the US nuclear negotiations with Iran to the Israeli press, according to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.

The alleged leaks would appear designed to undermine the negotiations, which Israel opposes.

In response, according to Ignatius, the US has decided to "reduce the exchange of sensitive information about the Iran talks" with Israel.

This would be a major new low in the US-Israel breakdown

It is important to note that Ignatius does not detail his sources for the story, and has no official confirmation from either the Israeli or American governments. The columnist is known as a non-partisan reporter with a strong track record and close links in US intelligence agencies, so his report is so far being taken seriously.

The alleged leaks are, to be clear, not highly sensitive secrets. Rather, they are technical details of the US offers to Iran in the nuclear talks, such as the number of centrifuges that Iran would be allowed to maintain. (The details of negotiations are always kept secret while they're being hammered out, so that all parties can negotiate more freely, something Israeli negotiators have done themselves, for example in reaching the Oslo Accords.)

[DeSwiss]

1. ....

[C_U_L8R]

2. And why is their meddling ambassador

Still in this country?

That clown should get the bum's rush.

[Lurks Often]

3. Even IF it is true, why is anyone surprised?

Netanyahu is going to do what he and the rest of the Israeli government thinks is best for Israel. That is their primary duty, to make the choices they think best for their country. Most of the time it is also what the US Government thinks is best for the United States, sometimes the US and Israel are going to disagree.

IF the story is true, mostly it reflects poorly on the US Government for giving Israel information it shouldn't have, presuming of course that the US Government was aware of Israel's opposition to the direction we wish to go in the talks with Iran. If we were not aware of Israel's opposition to the direction we are taking in the talks with Iran, a number of State Department employees need to be fired.