US examines 'Israeli spy' claim

[MIKE BURN]

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BBC/London



The FBI is investigating reports that a highly placed Pentagon official spied for Israel, the US defence department has confirmed.



The FBI reportedly suspects that the analyst gave Israel access to secret material on US policy towards Iran.



US broadcaster CBS television said the suspect had ties to high-ranking officials at the Pentagon.



The suspected spy is said to have links to Douglas Feith, a key adviser to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.



Mr Feith, along with Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, is believed to have played a key role in planning the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.



An arrest could be made as early as next week, according to an official interviewed by the Associated Press news agency.

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