1-30-96. TWP: "Defense Memo Warned of Israeli Spying." A DoD security office issued a confidential warning in October that the Israeli government was "aggressively" trying to steal U. S. military and intelligence secrets, partly by using its "strong ethnic ties" to the United States to recruit spies. It described Israel as a "non-traditional adversary" in the world of espionage, noting similar intelligence "threats" from other close allies such as France, Italy, Japan, Germany, and Britain. "Relaxed CIA Covert Action Rules Urged." A private, blue-ribbon task force is urging policymakers to consider allowing the CIA to resume sending out spies posing as American journalists or members of the clergy and lifting the ban on certain covert actions such as those designed to prevent terrorist attacks or support the overthrow of hostile regimes. DRU_mup