The question is, how did classified intelligence from the United States, showing Israeli military movements that suggest broader action against Iran, get to Tehran? The answer raises uncomfortable questions for the Biden-Harris White House, which has opposed Israel every step of the way in responding to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.
Defying Biden got Israel the entire leadership of Hezbollah and Hamas, with the ultimate threat still looming: Iran and its nuclear program.
Operations against Iran are being assessed also because Iran has started firing ballistic missiles into Israel, targeting civilian centers across the country.
If Israel is close to launching a broader offensive against Iran, leaking U.S. intelligence would be a way to both try and deter Israel and give more warning to Iran.
In 2012, similar allegations were made against the Obama administration when U.S. intelligence leaks showed that Israel was working towards using "Azerbaijan as a base of operations in the event of an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities." The Israelis were understandably livid over the leaks, while the Obama administration played dumb and continued working towards its beloved Iran nuclear deal.
The FBI has had an open investigation into whether or not Iranian envoy Rob Malley "Moved classified information onto his personal email, where it may have fallen into the hands of a foreign actor." Politico noted that "Leaked documents involving Malley have appeared in the Tehran Times, a publication aligned with the Islamist regime in Tehran, so Iran may have made Malley a target of its hacks." Whether these are hacks or some opportunist in the U.S. intelligence space is unknown-Malley had his security clearance allegedly stripped, and we know very little about what has happened since.
At the peak of the Israel-Iran conflict, when Israel is looking at targeting Iran, suddenly we get leaks of U.S. intelligence to the same Iranian propaganda outlets.
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