[Video] Kiriakou: “The Israelis have always spied on the United States.” Theo Von: “Do we spy on them also?” Kiriakou: “No, and that is written in stone at the CIA.” (i.imgur.com)

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

https://forward.com/fast-forward/328646/how-jewish-groups-and-benjamin-netanyahu-got-spied-on-by-us/

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That is the NSA not the CIA though.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Theo question was about the usa spying on israel though

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That is true. But Kiriakou is ex-CIA so he might be speaking in terms of his previous departement where it was not done compared to other countries.

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