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December 30, 2015

New Details Show How Israel Tried to Undermine Iran Nuclear Deal
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New details have emerged about how Israel sought to undermine the Iran
nuclear deal—and how the United States sought to stay ahead of the
Israeli efforts through intense NSA spying. The Wall Street Journal
reports the NSA increased its surveillance of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu in the months leading up to the talks. The NSA spying
showed how Netanyahu leaked details of the U.S.-Iran negotiations,
coordinated talking points with Jewish-American groups, and lobbied U.S.
lawmakers to oppose the deal. The NSA monitoring of Netanyahu also swept
up the contents of U.S. lawmakers' private conversations, sparking fears
in the administration that it would be accused of spying on Congress.


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