International security

Spy story reveals U.S.-Israel tensions over Iran

A report that Israel spied on the Iran nuclear talks and shared the information with Congress is more evidence of a deteriorating relationship between Israel and the United States.

"What's new is what's political," Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East peace negotiator for Democratic and Republican administrations, said Tuesday. "This is an effort to show Congress, particularly the Democrats, that (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu has done wrong."