The director of the CIA defended his agency’s role as monitor of Palestinian compliance with the specific security steps spelled out in the latest Israeli- Palestinian accord. Noting that the CIA has for many years worked with Israel and the Palestinians “to combat terrorists in their midst,” George Tenet wrote in an op-ed piece published in The New York Times that the CIA will not be “placing officers inside the security operations of either side.” He added that the “CIA is not making policy, but helping carry it out” — a role he said the agency often took up in the past. “What is slightly unusual in the current case is that the agency’s role has become widely publicized,” he wrote.
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