Bills Before Congress Deepen U.S.-Israeli Military and Intelligence Ties

Ben Freeman discusses a provision in the fy 2027 National Defence Authorization Act that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military ties to an unparalleled degree, making them difficult to unravel and removing Congressional oversight and accountability. An equally alarming provision in the Intelligence Autorization Act would force the U.S to share almost all intelligence about the Middle East with Israel. Both Section 224 of the NDAA and Section 622 pose risks to U.S. sovereignty and national security. An expert on defence spending and foreign influence operations, Freeman heads the Democratizing Foreign Police program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.