Meanwhile, an Israeli official announced today that the Central Intelligence Agency will join the Mideast peace talks. CIA chief George Tenet will represent the United States in a trilateral committee with Israel and the Palestinians. The spokesperson said it was President Bill Clinton’s idea to form a security committee between the CIA, Israel and the Palestinians. He claimed that the committee would renew security cooperation to help end the violence, which erupted in late September, and the vacuum created by deadlocked peace talks.