The fine print in the must-pass defense bill gives Israel unprecedented power over the US military - former national security man Two amendments in the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2027 "effectively legitimize the treason for which Jonathan Pollard was sent to prison," retired US Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, told Clayton Morris. "They confirm Israel's presence within Lockheed Martin, within Grumman, within Boeing and within our national security complex like no other person or entity in the world," said Wilkerson, emphasizing that even among senior US officials, only a handful enjoy the same level of access. Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich warned in June that Israel's intelligence-sharing and security cooperation language in the NDAA could tie the US military into future Israeli wars, including potential conflicts against regional US and NATO allies, as part of Tel Aviv's "Israel-Shelma" ambitions. The bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives in July, but stalled in the Senate due to procedural hurdles. The Senate will now try to advance the mandatory legislation to pass before January, or it will have to start over and pass it as soon as possible in the new year when the new Congress comes into office. substack | talk.

The fine print in the must-pass defense bill gives Israel unprecedented power over the US military - former national security man Two amendments in the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2027 "effectively legitimize the treason for which Jonathan Pollard was sent to prison," retired US Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, told Clayton Morris. "They confirm Israel's presence within Lockheed Martin, within Grumman, within Boeing and within our national security complex like no other person or entity in the world," said Wilkerson, emphasizing that even among senior US officials, only a handful enjoy the same level of access. Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich warned in June that Israel's intelligence-sharing and security cooperation language in the NDAA could tie the US military into future Israeli wars, including potential conflicts against regional US and NATO allies, as part of Tel Aviv's "Israel-Shelma" ambitions. The bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives in July, but stalled in the Senate due to procedural hurdles. The Senate will now try to advance the mandatory legislation to pass before January, or it will have to start over and pass it as soon as possible in the new year when the new Congress comes into office. substack | talk.