Gordon Thomas - Gideon's Spies

Honey trapSexual entrapment for intelligence purposes

HumintIntelligence gathered by agents in the field

IDAIntelligence database

IEDImprovised explosive device

IFFIdentification, friend or foe

IIImage identification

InstituteFormal name of Mossad—Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations; originally called Institute for Coordination

IRInfrared

ISAIntelligence support activity

JILJoint Intelligence Center

JumperAgent working overseas on short-term assignment

KatsaCase officer

KidonOperative specializing in assassination

LAKAMIntelligence agency gathering scientific data

LegendBogus biography for katsa

LAPDepartment of Psychological Warfare

Light coverKatsa working under diplomatic cover

LootIntelligence gathered from operations

MabuahA non-Jewish informer

MeaslesAssassination that appears to stem from natural causes

MeluckhaRecruiting department

MemuneTitle given to director general of Mossad

MiketelBug for intercepting/recording telephone calls

MishlashimDead letter box; a secure place for an agent to receive or drop off information

Music boxRadio transmitter

NakaWriting system

NativAgent working in former Soviet Union

NeviotSurveillance specialist

NHITCNational Human Intelligence Tasking Center

NICNational Intelligence Center

NSANational Security Agency

NSTLNational security threat list

OAUOrganization of African Unity

OterArab recruited to work with other Arabs

PFLPPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

PLFPalestine Liberation Front

PLOPalestine Liberation Organization

PhotintPhotographic intelligence

PRODTechnique for retrieving photographs from optical disc

RadintRadar intelligence

Reg-sigRecognition signal for katsa to make contact with field agent in public place

RAFRed Army Faction (Germany)

SafanimUnit to target PLO

Safe houseApartment or house used for secret meetings or as an operations base

ShicklutSurveillance department

Sleeper Katsa /agent to be called upon in only the most dire circumstances

SlickHiding place for documents

TargetIntelligence assignment

TeudForged document

TelintTelemetry intelligence

VacuamerAgent who provides details of all aspects of a target

Walk-inPerson who volunteers to serve

WashRecycling of a valid passport obtained by theft or purchased

YahalominSpecial communications unit

1951–1952 REUVEN SHILOAH

1952–1963 ISSER HAREL

1963–1968 MEIR AMIT

1968–1974 ZVI ZAMIR

1974–1982 YITZHAK HOFI

1982–1990 NAHUM ADMONI

1990–1996 SHABTAI SHAVIT

1996–1998 DANNY YATOM

1998–2002 EFRAIM HALEVY

2002– MEIR DAGAN

DESCENT INTO DANGER

BED OF NAILS

PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY

HEROES OF THE R.A.F.

THEY GOT BACK

MIRACLE OF SURGERY

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND YOU

THAMES NUMBER ONE

MIDNIGHT TRADERS

THE PARENTS’ HOME DOCTOR (with Ian D. Hudson and Vincent Pippet)

TURN BY THE WINDOW (with Ronald Hutchinson)

ISSELS: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DOCTOR

THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (with Max Morgan-Witts)

EARTHQUAKE (with Max Morgan-Witts)

SHIPWRECK (with Max Morgan-Witts)

VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (with Max Morgan-Witts)

THE DAY GUERNICA DIED (with Max Morgan-Witts)

ENOLA GAY/RUIN FROM THE AIR (with Max Morgan-Witts)

THE DAY THE BUBBLE BURST (with Max Morgan-Witts)

TRAUMA (with Max Morgan-Witts)

PONTIFF (with Max Morgan-Witts)

THE YEAR OF ARMAGEDDON (with Max Morgan-Witts)

THE OPERATION

DESIRE AND DENIAL

THE TRIAL: THE LIFE AND INEVITABLE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS

JOURNEY INTO MADNESS

ENSLAVED

CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN

TRESPASS INTO TEMPTATION

MAGDALENE: THE WOMAN WHO LOVED JESUS

THE ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT MAXWELL: ISRAEL’S

SUPERSPY (with Martin Dillan)

THE SECRET ARMIES OF THE CIA

THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND

TORPEDO RUN

DEADLY PERFUME

GODLESS ICON

VOICES IN THE SILENCE

ORGAN HUNTERS

POISONED SKY

“Tells it like it was—and like it is.”

—Meir Amit, former director general of Mossad

“Gripping and compulsively readable.”

— Sunday Express (UK)

“Gordon Thomas has a grasp of history…. This is one of the few books to have captured the true nature of the Israeli government and the thought process of the Israeli power elite…. This book is a must for any student of modern Middle Eastern history.”

—Ari Ben-Menashe, former advisor on Intelligence to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and the Israeli government

“Thomas provides readers with a good sense of how the Mossad trains its agents. Fun read.”

— Kirkus Reviews

“A fascinating look at a spy organization that has remained off-limits to most journalists. Some of the incredible episodes Gordon Thomas writes about seem like they belong in fiction, and yet this is a first-rate nonfiction account.”

—Mary Fischer, GO magazine

“Gordon Thomas has kept his head above the orchestrated campaigns of disinformation and produced a document about the Mossad that is as balanced and as truthful as can be arranged. This book is neither a vilification nor a condemnation of the Mossad. Thomas clearly understood Israel’s dilemmas when he put together this fine work.”

—Barry Chamish, coeditor of Israel Today Intelligence Review and author of Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?

“A thought-provoking and compelling book.”

—David Pitt, Booklist

“Gordon Thomas digs deeply into the secrets of the Israeli intelligence service as a result of being given exclusive access.”

— Soldier magazine (UK)

“Rich in detail… powerful in the writing.”

— El Pais (Spain)

“Fascinating from beginning to end.”

— Japan Times (Japan)

“A story crying out to be filmed! All-action, great characters.”

— Hollywood Reporter

“Great revelations. The author of this acclaimed history of Mossad has done it again.”

— Drudge Report

“Here is real insider stuff, written by an acknowledged expert. It is shocking and absorbing; rich and powerful. Go buy it!”

—All American Radio, Washington, DC

“Gordon Thomas has written a major work on the history of the Israeli secret service, Mossad.”

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