Eh it kind of makes sense. Of course they’re going to do their best to spy on America when so much depends on how Americans and their government feel about Israel.
They aren't just spying for info. They are spying to manipulate US policy. so they should be more careful about how the US electorate feels about them.
Re:Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facility
by ericmay on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:42AM
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Well, yea. They're going to try and manipulate American policy because so much rides on how Americans feel about Israel. Certainly they should be careful to not stir up angst and get cut off.
I'd also like to add that this is unfortunately very common. Everybody in the world wants Americans to think a certain way because of the amount of military and economic power the country wields. This ranges from "come visit Mexico" to "the Palestinians are terrorists" to China using Tik Tok (or Russian disinformation campaigns against vaccines) to manipulate people into pro-X stances.
The whole world has turned into an ad.
"Israel among the U.S.’s most threatening cyber-adversaries and as a “hostile” foreign intelligence service." [2]
"Israel’s snooping upset White House because information was used to lobby Congress to try to sink a deal" [3]
[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-nsa-document-highlights-is...
[2] https://theintercept.com/2015/03/25/netanyahus-spying-denial...
[3] https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-spied-on-iran-talks-1427...