Israeli PM adjourns security meeting over Iran leak and considers polygraph tests for cabinet members
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
is considering polygraph tests for all participants at Tuesday’s
security cabinet meeting to find the source of a leak he said was making
holding sensitive discussions impossible, the Jerusalem reported.
Channel 2 reported that Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yoram Cohen met with Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
In an unprecedented and dramatic move, Netanyahu adjourned – shortly after it began – the second part of a security cabinet meeting that began on Tuesday and dealt with Iran and the Israel intelligence community’s annual assessment.
“Something grave happened shortly after the conclusion of the meeting yesterday: leaks from the security cabinet meeting,” the prime minister said at the outset of the meeting, according to a statement issued by his office.
Netanyahu convened the security cabinet on Tuesday for an annual meeting on the country’s intelligence assessments, a meeting that dealt in depth with the Iranian issue. Read more of this on…
Meanwhile, the Iranian State media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has furiously adjourned a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet after details about disagreement between intelligence services over Iran were leaked to the media.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu ended the second part of a meeting that had begun on Tuesday to discuss security issues related to Iran, saying someone in the meeting has betrayed the national trust by leaking details of discussions.
“Something grave happened shortly after the conclusion of the meeting yesterday: leaks from the security cabinet meeting,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.
“This is basic tool for managing the country’s security. Someone yesterday harmed in a grave manner the confidence that the citizens put in this body. He broke the basic rules governing discussions in the security-cabinet. He also harmed the good name of all those who were in the meeting and did not leak the information,” he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot published a story titled “Disagreement about Iran among the intelligence agencies”.
According to the report, Israel’s different intelligence services – the Mossad, Shin Bet, and Army Intelligence – do not agree about the period where a possible Israeli attack would no longer be effective due to Iran’s progress on its nuclear energy program.
The US, Israel and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Tel Aviv has repeatedly threatened Tehran with a military strike to pressure it to halt its nuclear energy work.
Iran refutes the allegations over its nuclear energy program and maintains that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a committed member of the International Atomic Energy Agency it has every right to develop and acquire the nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Iranian officials have also promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country.
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Channel 2 reported that Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yoram Cohen met with Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
In an unprecedented and dramatic move, Netanyahu adjourned – shortly after it began – the second part of a security cabinet meeting that began on Tuesday and dealt with Iran and the Israel intelligence community’s annual assessment.
“Something grave happened shortly after the conclusion of the meeting yesterday: leaks from the security cabinet meeting,” the prime minister said at the outset of the meeting, according to a statement issued by his office.
Netanyahu convened the security cabinet on Tuesday for an annual meeting on the country’s intelligence assessments, a meeting that dealt in depth with the Iranian issue. Read more of this on…
Meanwhile, the Iranian State media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has furiously adjourned a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet after details about disagreement between intelligence services over Iran were leaked to the media.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu ended the second part of a meeting that had begun on Tuesday to discuss security issues related to Iran, saying someone in the meeting has betrayed the national trust by leaking details of discussions.
“Something grave happened shortly after the conclusion of the meeting yesterday: leaks from the security cabinet meeting,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.
“This is basic tool for managing the country’s security. Someone yesterday harmed in a grave manner the confidence that the citizens put in this body. He broke the basic rules governing discussions in the security-cabinet. He also harmed the good name of all those who were in the meeting and did not leak the information,” he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot published a story titled “Disagreement about Iran among the intelligence agencies”.
According to the report, Israel’s different intelligence services – the Mossad, Shin Bet, and Army Intelligence – do not agree about the period where a possible Israeli attack would no longer be effective due to Iran’s progress on its nuclear energy program.
The US, Israel and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Tel Aviv has repeatedly threatened Tehran with a military strike to pressure it to halt its nuclear energy work.
Iran refutes the allegations over its nuclear energy program and maintains that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a committed member of the International Atomic Energy Agency it has every right to develop and acquire the nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Iranian officials have also promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country.
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