Israeli sources: Alleged spy had regular work ties with us

[still_one]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/470334.html

By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondent in Washington, Haaretz Service and Agencies



Israel denied Saturday that it has any agents operating on American soil, after it was reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into allegations that an official in the Pentagon has been passing intelligence information to Israel via AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group

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Israeli sources said Saturday that Franklin had work relations with Israeli officials, but that these relations did not exceed the boundaries of accepted diplomatic contact. The sources said that checks conducted over the weekend negated all possibilities of espionage or unacceptable conduct and that no Israeli had received classified information from Franklin.

The denial was issued after the American TV network CBS reported Friday that the FBI has been conducting an ongoing investigation and is convinced that an official in the Pentagon has conveyed highly sensitive information to the Israeli government via two representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

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In its report, CBS said that the FBI "has a full-fledged espionage investigation under way and is about to... roll up someone agents believe has been spying, not for an enemy, but for Israel, from within the office of the secretary of defense."

The network said that the mole, whom it described as a "trusted analyst of the Pentagon," had last year passed on "secret White House deliberations on Iran."

The New York Times reported that the analyst worked for Feith, who created a special intelligence unit before the Iraq war that had sought to build a case that Baghdad had ties to Al-Qaida - a position that has been criticized by intelligence professionals.


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[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. would have bet it to be Perle..he was on both Israel defense board & US DB