Former Israeli Ambassador: FBI Never Scolded Foreign Diplomats for Widespread Spying Since 9/11

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trying to combat published reports that the FBI has scolded Israeli diplomats dozens of times for spying on American intelligence since 9/11, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. said the allegations were baseless. The Jerusalem Post reported that the former ambassador, Michael Oren, insisted the relationship between the two countries has…

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U.S. Law Enforcement Officials in Israel Learning About Counterterrorism

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Assistant Director Mike Prout of the U.S. Marshals Service was among a group of U.S. law enforcement officials who are currently in Israel attending seminars on terrorism. A delegation of executives are participating in an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Counter-Terrorism Seminar (NCTS) from March 8-16, and meeting with security experts, intelligence…

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Israeli Law Enforcement Officials Met with ADL Days After Boston Bombing

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It was interesting time for a senior delegation of Israel Police commanders to visit the Anti-Defamation headquarters in New York. The delegation, headed by Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino visited the headquarters on April 19, just days after the Boston Marathon bombing. The meeting had been planned already before the bombing. The…

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Pres. Obama’s Visit to Israel Stirs Up Old Sensitive Issue About Spy Jonathan Pollard

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama’s visit to Israel is stirring up a longstanding, sensitive issue involving Jonathan Pollard, who spied for Israel while working for U.S. Naval intelligence. Seymour D. Reich, a lawyer and former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, writes this week in a letter to the…

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