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Surprise?: CIA's No. 1 counterintelligence threat

Mick Romney, presidential aspirant, is headed for Israel to court the vote of the Jewish folk back home and try and garner support from the some 160,000 voting Americans living in Israel, principally in those illegal settlements in the West Bank. AP reports on how the CIA considers Israel.....
As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and other U.S. politicians heap praise on Israel, officials say there's another side to America's close relationship with the Israelis.
They say the CIA considers the Israelis its No. 1 counterintelligence threat in the agency's Near East Division, the group that oversees spying across the Middle East.
CIA officers stationed in Israel report break-ins at their homes and the tampering of sensitive communication equipment. Officials say working in Israel is like operating in Moscow.
Such meddling underscores what's widely known but rarely discussed outside intelligence circles: Despite strong ties between the countries, officials see Israel as a frustrating ally at best and, at times, an adversary looking to steal secrets.

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