Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that the reported NSA spying on Israel that swept up members of Congress was “about trying to get through the Congress the Iran agreement” and “to win a battle with Congress”on Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer stated, “it’s not surprising that we spy on other leaders, what is surprising is that Obama announced publicly after the Merkel scandal that we will cease doing that to close allies. So, apparently we did for close NATO allies, but apparently made just a few exceptions, one of them is the leader of Turkey, Erdogan, not exactly a savory character, the other was a close ally of democracy, an elected leader in Netanyahu. Now, you could understand that, if there were reports that Israel might launch a preemptive attack in 2011 or 2012, that would perhaps be a national security reason. But this was not about that. This was long after Obama was re-elected, long after it was obvious the Israelis were not going to conduct a surprise attack. This was about trying to get through the Congress the Iran agreement. That is not a ‘validated’ national security purpose. This is a way to win a battle