Steve Rosen: CIA, FBI paranoid about Mossad

[Purveyor]

Charges of espionage against US Defense Department scientist Stewart Nozette reflect "extreme views" against Israel that could harm US-Israel relations, former AIPAC staffer Steve Rosen told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

US scientist charged with trying to give classified info to Israel

Rosen, AIPAC's former foreign policy chief who was accused, with Keith Weissman, of passing along classified information, said it was revealing that Israel was inserted into the narrative of Nozette's entrapment and subsequent arrest. The case against Rosen and Weissman was dismissed last spring.

"One of the things that our case revealed is the very extreme views that are held by some in counterintelligence agencies of the CIA and FBI about Israel," Rosen said. "They believe that the Mossad spied on the US on a huge scale and they believe that the Pollard case was the tip of some sort of iceberg.

"When you keep repeating that the Mossad is spying on America, Israel is harming the United States, of course it harms the alliance between Israel and the US," he continued. "The current case is even more peculiar because the government of Israel did nothing.

"It's revealing that they used Israel for the sting," Rosen added. "They could have used China, or others. But they chose Israel."

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[Howardx]

1. its also revealing how quickly the guy turned traitor

once he thought mossad was recruiting him.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Meh!

Everybody is trying to get over on everybody. I wouldn't totally trust any of our allies. If we knew all the wheeling and dealing in the world of the CIA, FBI, et al, our heads would spin.

I'll bet the agencies of the US government are trying to get over on each other and whoever they can.

[DURHAM D]

3. The only Mossad officer that I trust is Ziva David.

But she just resigned to join NCIS.

[AntiFascist]

4. Certainly there can be no room for tolerance of anti-Semitism in this....

but we can approach the spying problem rationally. It may be in Israel's best interest for the United States to remain militarilly involved in the Middle East. If corrupt, right-wing elements of Israel's intelligence would go so far as to prop up American enemies with stolen US military secrets, in order to keep us involved, then this cannot be tolerated.

[sendero]

5. For very good reason..

.... as far as I am concerned.

[baldguy]

6. When they repeatedly compromise our intelligence services & security

It's not paranoia.