Israel spies on the United States more than any other ally does and these activities have reached an alarming level, Newsweek magazine reported on Tuesday. The main targets are US industrial and technical secrets, the weekly said. Newsweek said a congressional staffer familiar with a briefing last January called the testimony "very sobering ... alarming ... even terrifying", and quoted another as saying the behavior was "damaging." "No other country close to the United States continues to cross the line on espionage like the Israelis do," said a former congressional staffer who attended another classified briefing in late 2013, according to Newsweek. The former congressional staffer said the intelligence agencies did not give specifics, but cited "industrial espionage—folks coming over here on trade missions or with Israeli companies working in collaboration with American companies, [or] intelligence operatives being run directly by the government, which I assume meant out of the [Israeli] Embassy." Israel's espionage activities in America are unrivaled and go far beyond activities by other close allies, such as Germany, France, Britain and Japan, counter-intelligence agents told members of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, Newsweek said. "I don't think anyone was surprised by these revelations," the former aide was quoted as saying. "But when you step back and hear ... that there are no other countries taking advantage of our security relationship the way the Israelis are for espionage purposes, it is quite shocking." Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rejected the allegations. "We're talking about lies and falsehood, simply libel which is baseless and unfounded," he said. Lieberman added Israel was not involved in any form of espionage against the United States, either direct or indirect in nature.
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據(jù)法新社5月7日援引美國(guó)《新聞周刊》消息稱,以色列在美國(guó)的間諜活動(dòng)比其它任何盟國(guó)都多,而且這些活動(dòng)已經(jīng)達(dá)到驚人地步。 《新聞周刊》援引機(jī)密簡(jiǎn)報(bào)稱,以色列在美間諜活動(dòng)的主要目標(biāo)為美國(guó)的商業(yè)和科技機(jī)密。 一位熟悉該簡(jiǎn)報(bào)的國(guó)會(huì)工作人員稱這樣的行為“十分嚴(yán)重……令人擔(dān)憂……甚是震驚”,另外一人則稱之“危害嚴(yán)重”。 曾于2013年底參加閉門會(huì)議的前國(guó)會(huì)工作人員稱,“沒有任何一個(gè)與美國(guó)關(guān)系密切的國(guó)家像以色列這樣如此過分地進(jìn)行間諜活動(dòng)?!?/p> 據(jù)這位工作人員介紹,情報(bào)部門沒有透露細(xì)節(jié),但稱“有的商業(yè)間諜跟隨著與美國(guó)有合作的以色列公司而來,有的是直接由政府管理的情報(bào)人員,我覺得他們來自以色列大使館。” 反情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)向國(guó)會(huì)司法與外交事務(wù)委員會(huì)報(bào)告稱,以色列在美國(guó)的間諜活動(dòng)十分猖獗,遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過德國(guó)、法國(guó)、英國(guó)、日本等其它美國(guó)盟友。 “我不認(rèn)為大家會(huì)對(duì)這一消息感到驚訝,”這位前國(guó)會(huì)工作人員說,“但當(dāng)你退一步想一下……沒有其它任何一個(gè)國(guó)家像以色列這樣利用與美國(guó)的安全關(guān)系用于間諜活動(dòng),這是十分令人震驚的?!?/p> 對(duì)此,以色列外交部長(zhǎng)阿維格多·利伯曼矢口否認(rèn),“這完全是缺乏事實(shí)根據(jù)的謊言與誹謗?!崩€稱,以色列從未在美國(guó)開展任何直接或間接的間諜活動(dòng)。 (譯者 高晴 編輯 王輝) 掃一掃,關(guān)注微博微信
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