Mossad

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Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.[1]

Structure and Personnel

According to intelligence writers Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad has historically had eight departments: Collection, Operational Planning and Co-ordination, Research, Political Action and Liason, Training, Finance and Manpower, Technology, and Technical Operations.[2]

Directors

Deputy Director

Tzomet - collection department

Caesarea or Metsada - operations department

Tevel - political action and liaison department

Research department

External Resources

  • Mark Perry, False Flag, Foreign Policy, 13 January 2012.

Notes

  1. Mossad, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.
  2. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.
  3. About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.
  4. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran, Basic Books, 2008, p.154.
  6. Efraim Halevy, Us Middle East Project Inc., accessed 24 July 2012.
  7. Aluf Benn and Yossi Melman, Ilan Mizrahi, former deputy Mossad chief, to head NSC, Haaretz, 7 May 2006.
  8. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Attila Somfalvi, Tamir Pardo named new Mossad chief, ynetnews.com, 29 November 2010.
  10. Uri Bar-Joseph, The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise Of Yom Kippur And Its Sources, SUNY Press, 2005, p.48.
  11. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.253.
  12. Yossi Melman, Targeted killings - a retro fashion very much in vogue, Haaretz, 24 March 2004.
  13. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.129.
  14. Amir Oren, Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands, Haaretz, 4 March 2012.