The Pentagon's Middle East cash problem

Key Facts

• WEAPONS SALE SPYING: A controversial surveillance authority has been key to helping U.S. intelligence agencies stop the sale of certain weapons parts to Iran in recent years, officials familiar with the matter told our own ERIN BANCO and JOHN SAKELLARIADIS.
• FIGHT SMARTER: Washington has warned Israel that it needs to be more deliberate in its attacks on the Gaza Strip and avoid further displacing Palestinians to avoid a humanitarian crisis, senior Biden administration officials told The New York Times’ ERICA GREEN.
• In August, the Central American country’s president signed a law banning Huawei use, and that “decision was the result of sustained pressure from both American President Joe Biden’s White House and its European allies, which had been working their muscle for months to get San José officials to turn their backs on Chinese kit,” our colleagues write.
• As lawmakers prepare to debate, both committees have been briefed by former and current intelligence officials, as well as conducted a quiet education effort with their colleagues, many of whom will be voting on surveillance authorization for the first time.

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