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By Way of Deception

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90 BY WAY OF DECEPTION* * *For relaxation, we began competing against 25 students fromanother course in the school — one for clerks, computeroperators, secretaries, and other general staff. They received abasic course in how the organization works and were always farmore serious than we were.In order to keep them <strong>of</strong>f the coveted Ping-Pong table, we used tohide the balls and bats, but they did compete on the basketballcourt. We .cadets played basketball to kill. We had a guy handlethe scoreboard and we'd always win. The other team would shoutabout it, but for a while we had a weekly game against them, everyTuesday from noon to 1 p.m.Our lessons, meanwhile, continued thick and fast. After learninghow to work a person after basic contact up to recruitment, wewere taught financial guidelines. For example, before committinganything, you had to determine a recruit's financial situation. Youdidn't want to shower money onto a pauper, since this wouldimmediately raise suspicions. Suppose an agent was going back toa target country, and had to be set up financially. Let's say he wason a two-year contract for which his Mossad salary was $4,000 amonth. If that agent could absorb $1,000 a month without itshowing or changing his lifestyle, the katsa would open a bankaccount for him, perhaps in England, and put a full year's salaryin it. So the agent would get the $12,000 up front and have$36,000 deposited in his London account. For the second year,assuming a two-year deal, the $12,000 advance would bedelivered to him and another $36,000 deposited. So, you're notonly providing him day-to-day security, you're providing for hisfuture. You are also tying him closer to you. You're protecting yourown interest.There was also a structure <strong>of</strong> bonus payments — extra per letter,for example — depending upon the quality <strong>of</strong> the information orthe position <strong>of</strong> an agent. These ranged from $100 to $1,000 extraper letter on average, but a Syrian minister, say, might receivebetween $10,000 and $20,000 per communiqué.Of the 30 to 35 katsas operating at any given time, each

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