[Ynet] US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel indicated on Wednesday that he was caught by surprise when Israeli officials publicly revealed their assessment that Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war.
Hagel told reporters that his Israeli counterpart, Moshe Ya'alon, did not alert him to the assessment when they met in Tel Aviv on Monday. The assessment was announced publicly on Tuesday by a senior official with Israel's military intelligence office.
| I'm not sure why The Third Smartest Man In The Room was surprised. This has been discussed and reported for days. Perhaps the honourable Secretary of Defense should complain to his own nation's CIA about keeping him in the dark. |
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