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::[[Yossi Yagur|Yagur]] worked in [[LAKAM]], a scientific intelligence-gathering unit of Israel's Defense Ministry, and was posted as a science consul at the Israeli Consulate in New York.
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[[LAKAM]] was a former scientific intelligence-gathering unit of Israel's Defense Ministry. LAKAM was established to assist Israel in obtaining technology for the construction of the nuclear reactor in Dimona. It worked to "steal" defense technology throughout the world on behalf of Israel's defense industries.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208870470275&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Analysis: Old affair will cause new damage], by [[Yaakov Katz]], [[Jerusalem Post]], 23 April 2008.</ref>
 
 
::LAKAM was established to assist Israel in obtaining technology for the construction of the nuclear reactor in Dimona. It basically worked to "steal" defense technology throughout the world on behalf of Israel's defense industries. And its agents were basically disguised as consulate workers.
 
 
 
::[[Rafi Eitan]], a former top Mossad official and today Pensioners Affairs Minister, was head of LAKAM at the time.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208870470275&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Analysis: Old affair will cause new damage], by [[Yaakov Katz]], [[Jerusalem Post]], 23 April 2008.</ref>
 
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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*[[Jonathan Pollard]]
 
*[[Jonathan Pollard]]
 
*[[Ben-ami Kadish]] - charged with spying for Israel.
 
*[[Ben-ami Kadish]] - charged with spying for Israel.
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==External Resources==
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*Michael Cieply, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/business/global/new-book-tells-tale-of-israeli-arms-dealer-in-hollywood.html?_r=1& New Book Recounts Tale of Israeli Agent at Home in Hollywood], ''New York Times'', 17 July 2011.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 09:59, 1 October 2012

LAKAM was a former scientific intelligence-gathering unit of Israel's Defense Ministry. LAKAM was established to assist Israel in obtaining technology for the construction of the nuclear reactor in Dimona. It worked to "steal" defense technology throughout the world on behalf of Israel's defense industries.[1]

People

External Resources

References