US hires Israeli firms to spy on citizens

(Press TV) – A major part of the intelligence agencies working for the US government are in fact Israeli companies, a former CIA officer has said.

“What is happening is that many of these state agencies are actually Israeli companies that are working for the States,” Philip Giraldi said on Tuesday.

“This happened recently in Pennsylvania, where an Israeli company was collecting information on war protesters and in the state of New Jersey an Israeli was appointed as homeland security director for the State,” he said in an interview with Press TV.

“So, this penetration of American security by Israeli companies and Israeli individuals has been going on for some years,” Giraldi emphasized.

A Washington Post investigative report shows the US government is using the largest and most technologically advanced system in the country’s history to spy on its citizens.

The system collects, stores and analyzes information on thousands of US citizens with the help of every state and law enforcement agency and then feeds the information to the FBI.

US intelligence officials claim due to nearly two dozens of alleged acts of terrorism this year, the need to identify US-born or naturalized citizens that may be planning violent attacks has been more urgent than ever.

Moreover, former agents are helping local authorities turn thousands of garbage collectors into a spy force that reports to the police.

At least 935 organizations — each with its own counterterrorism responsibilities and jurisdictions — have been created or become involved in counterterrorism acts since the September 2001 terror incidents in New York and Washington.