Netanyahu: Any US Spying on Israel Is Not 'Acceptable to Us'
Monday, 23 Dec 2013 10:12 AM
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on allegations the United
States had spied on Israel's leaders,
said on Monday such activity was unacceptable and had no place in the allies'
close relationship.
Documents leaked on Friday by former National Security Agency contractor Edward
Snowden showed the NSA and its
British counterpart GCHQ had in 2009 targeted an email address listed as
belonging to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and monitored emails of
senior defense officials.
"With regard to things published in
the past few days, I have asked for an examination of the matter,"
Netanyahu said in broadcast remarks, in a clear reference to the alleged
espionage.
He did not elaborate on whether Israel intended to ask Washington for clarifications.
"In the close ties between Israel and the United States, there are things
that must not be done and that are not acceptable to us," Netanyahu said,
speaking to legislators from his right-wing Likud party.
On Sunday, several Israeli Cabinet members
and lawmakers said disclosure of U.S.
spying on Israel was an
opportunity to press Washington
to free jailed Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard.
Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence
analyst, was sentenced to a life term in 1987 in the United
States for spying for Israel. A succession of U.S. presidents
have spurned Israeli calls for his pardon.
In what appeared to be an attempt to calm
the clamor, Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel
had constantly sought Pollard's release and did not need any "special
occasion" to discuss his case with Washington.
Israeli officials have played down the
importance of any information the United States may have gleaned from
its alleged espionage activities.
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz
said Israel
had always assumed that even its allies spied on it.
A statement issued by Olmert's office,
said the reports, if accurate, referred to a public email address and that
chances that any security or intelligence damage had been caused were
minuscule.
National Security Agency (NSA)
Edward
Snowden leaked information about the National Security Agency
(NSA), and an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Note: Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency
(NSA).
Robert
S. Osborne is an EVP & general counsel for Booz
Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden
Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members
Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. was a managing director at Booz
Allen Hamilton, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Haim Saban
is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle
East Policy, an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a friend of Shimon Peres.
Shimon
Peres is a friend of Haim Saban, and
the president for Israel.
Benjamin
Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel,
and the chairman for Likud Party.
Likud
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