Mossad
Mossad
Operations; Mossad Directors; Department; Political
Action; Special Operations Division; LAP; Research;
Technology
Mossad
- Operation Mission
Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim
Meyuhadim (Hebrew: Institute for Intelligence and Special
Tasks) is an Israeli intelligence agency, commonly
referred to as Mossad. It is responsible for intelligence
collection, covert action, and counter-terrorism. Its
focus is on Arab nations and organizations throughout the
world.
See Also:
CIA Central
Intelligence Agency KGB NKVD World
Intelligence_Agencies_List NSA
National Security Agency United
States US Secret Service Australian
Security Intelligence Organisation Canadian
Security Intelligence Service MI6
Military Intelligence 6 -British Secret Intelligence
Service SIS MI-5 Kim Philby
Soviet Spy Mossad
Israel Intelligence Agency Gestapo
Mossad was formed in April 1951 from the Central
Institute for Coordination and the Central Institute for
Intelligence and Security. Mossad is a civilian service,
and does not use military ranks, although all of the
Mossad's staff have served in the Israeli Defence Force
(as a part of Israel's compulsory draft system), and many
of them are officers.
Mossad has long had a reputation for being an extremely
effective agency (see links below). However, it has also
been involved in several spectacular debacles. In 1973,
Mossad murdered Ahmad Bouchikhi, an innocent Arab waiter
in Lillehammer, Norway, who had been mistaken for Ali
Hassan Salameh, one of the leaders of the Black September
organization, which was responsible for the Munich
Massacre. The Mossad agents used fake Canadian passports,
which angered the Canadian government. In 1997, two
Mossad agents were caught in Jordan, on mission to
assassinate Sheikh Khaled Mashal, a leader of the Hamas
terrorist group. Again, they were using fake Canadian
passports. This led to a diplomatic row with Canada, and
Israel was also further forced to release several
Palestinian prisoners, in particular the militant Hamas
leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who is playing a prominent
role in attacks against Israeli civilians during the
current Al-Aksa Intifada, in exchange for the Mossad
agents.
Mossad is
headquartered in Tel Aviv and has eight departments:
Collections Department is the largest,
with responsibility for espionage operations.
Political Action and Liaison Department conducts
political activities and liaison with friendly foreign
intelligence services and with nations with which Israel
does not have normal diplomatic relations.
Special Operations Division (Metsada) conducts
assassination, sabotage, and paramilitary projects.
LAP (Lohamah Psichlogit) Department is
responsible for psychological warfare, propaganda and
deception operations.
Research Department is responsible for
intelligence synthesis.
Technology Department is responsible for
development of technologies to support of Mossad
operations.
Table of contents
1 Famous Mossad Operations
2 CEO's of Mossad
Famous Mossad Operations
Obtaining Khrushchev's secret Stalin-denouncing speech
Capturing of Adolf Eichmann
Killing of those responsible for the Munich massacre at
the 1972 Olympic Games and the Lillehammer affair.
Kidnapping of Mordechai Vanunu
Providing intelligence for daring Israeli military
operations, thousands of miles away from Israel, for
instance, for Operation Entebbe.
CEO's of Mossad
1951-1952 Reuven Shiloah
1952-1963 Issar Har'el
1963-1968 Me'ir Amit
1968-1974 Zvi Zamir
1974-1982 Yitzhak Hofi
1982-1990 Nahum Admoni
1990-1996 Shabtai Shavit
1996-1998 Danny Yatom
1998-2003 Efraim Halevy
2003- Me'ir Dagan
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