A Defense Department spokesman said that a recent article in the Armed Forces Journal depicting Israel as a “militaristic” state and a “liability” to the United States does not represent the views of the Department. He noted that Defense Secretary Harold Brown has stated this in a letter dated Nov. 3 to the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. The letter was in response to an inquiry by ADL general counsel Arnold Forster as to whether the article, by a former Pentagon employee, Anthony Cordesman, reflected the Defense Department’s views and whether parts of it contained classified information.
The spokesman said the Pentagon is continuing to investigate the matter. Brown stated in his letter to Forster that “a security review has been directed to determine whether any improper revelation of classified information has occurred.” The Armed Forces Journal, which published the Cordesman article last month, is a privately owned periodical.
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