Pentagon Flags Israel as "Critical Threat" - With Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Video)

In this 6 June 2026 published video, host Mario Nawfal talks with Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army officer, Special Forces Green Beret, and high-profile whistleblower. He gained widespread international attention in mid-2025 after publicly alleging that he witnessed war crimes, severe misconduct, and indiscriminate violence against Palestinian civilians while working as a security contractor in the Gaza Strip. 

The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has officially elevated Israel’s counterintelligence threat designation to “critical,” its highest possible alert level. This historic adjustment, discussed by retired military experts like Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar on independent media platforms, follows intelligence reports that Israel has intensified espionage operations targeting senior U.S. officials to manipulate or spy on secret diplomatic deliberations.

The DIA’s reclassification was triggered by an aggressive spike in Israeli human and technical surveillance targeting the inner circle of the Trump administration. U.S. intelligence discovered that Israeli operatives allegedly installed communication-tapping software directly onto the devices of American personnel operating in Israel. 

The primary targets of these operations include:

• Steve Witkoff: President Trump’s special envoy and chief peace negotiator.
• Elbridge A. Colby: The Pentagon’s Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
• Michael P. DiMino IV: Senior Defense Department official and deputy to Colby. 

The espionage escalation stems from a widening strategic rift between Washington and Tel Aviv regarding the trajectory of the ongoing Middle East conflict. Following the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign launched against Iran earlier this year, President Trump has actively pursued a diplomatic end-of-war settlement and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. [

Conversely, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains vehemently opposed to a diplomatic deal, pushing instead for continued bombing campaigns inside Iran and an expanded assault against Hezbollah in Lebanon. U.S. officials state that Israel is hunting for insights into Trump's shifting strategic stances to potentially disrupt these negotiations. Tensions peaked recently during a tense phone call where Trump heavily criticized Netanyahu over Israeli threats to bomb Beirut, fearing it would collapse the fragile regional ceasefire talks. 

While routine tactical intelligence sharing between the U.S. and Israel continues on a daily basis, the "critical" tier upgrade enforces strict defensive countermeasures for American staff. U.S. officials traveling to Israel are now required to use temporary burner computers and phones, and high-level personnel have been instructed to treat hotel rooms and private accommodations as entirely compromised environments.

Both the Israeli Embassy in Washington and the White House have publicly dismissed the media reports detailing the DIA document, with Israel reiterating its decades-long policy of targeting only its adversaries rather than its allies. However, intelligence veterans emphasize that the sheer aggressiveness of the current surveillance campaign has officially crossed a line.

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