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Pentagon raises counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to critical
The Pentagon raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to 'critical' amid concerns Israel is intensifying intelligence gathering on senior US officials and the Trump administration.

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Pentagon raises counterintelligence threat for Israel to critical
The Pentagon raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to critical amid concerns that Israel is intensifying intelligence gathering on senior US officials and monitoring Trump administration discussions on Middle East conflicts.

#OSINT #NewsGroup #Pentagon #Counterintelligence #Israel #US

Given the focused nature of the smash-and-grab, and the parties involved, it does seem fairly likely that #IsraelAtWarCrimes (perhaps with "a little help from its friends" among #GenocidesBodyguards) has found a new way to obtain targeting intelligence on its favorite victims: Palestinian civilians.

This bears watching, both for those concerned about the humanitarian impact and accountability before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and for #intelligence and #counterintelligence professionals contemplating what has been clearly an emerging source/method of collection. The latter should view this is connection with the other news I posted on this morning, in which our #SurveillanceCapitalism architecture is being exploited by hostile governments (including our own!) to track and target both deployed military personnel and dissenting citizens....

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2026/06/02/data-600000-gaza-households-exposed-wfp-cyber-attack

NHK World Japan: Japan creates intelligence bureau amid privacy concerns. “Japan enacted a law on Wednesday to create a national intelligence bureau, a bid to strengthen its intelligence-gathering capabilities. But the move has sparked growing concerns about privacy, meaning the government will have to tread a fine line between gaining information and intrusion.”

Pentagon Urged to Counter Data Broker Threat to US Troops

Congress is sounding the alarm, warning the Pentagon that it's failing to protect US troops from a significant threat: data brokers who collect and sell personal info, including cell phone location data, for just pennies. This lax protection leaves servicemembers vulnerable to being tracked and targeted.

https://osintsights.com/pentagon-urged-to-counter-data-broker-threat-to-us-troops?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationalSecurity #UsMilitary #DataBroker #Counterintelligence #ForceProtection