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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 141But that was just my opinion, and it didn't help much to expressit.Our weekly "sports" program also changed dramatically, to includea new sport potentially hazardous to our health. We would go to abuilding in a military camp near Herzlia and run up and down thestairs firing live bullets and being shot at by a machine withwooden bullets that hurt if they hit you at close range. The ideawas to practice ducking and shooting, getting used to your gunand exercising your body at the same time.We also practiced rappelling — coming down the side <strong>of</strong> a buildingby rope, pushing yourself <strong>of</strong>f, dropping a bit, pushing <strong>of</strong>f again, allthe way to the ground. And we practiced descending from ahelicopter by rope, plus other commando-style exercises such asthe "jump and shoot" technique <strong>of</strong> firing at a hijacker inside a bus.Another segment <strong>of</strong> the course was called "recruiting an agentwith a friendly agency," that is, mutual recruitment, say with theCIA. The lecturer began by saying that was the purpose <strong>of</strong> thelecture. "How is it done?" he would ask, then quickly reply, "It'snot. We don't do that. We will assist them if they have a subjectand make it look like it's mutual, but if we can do it alone, wewill."He taught us how to steal an agent from a friendly agency bystarting him <strong>of</strong>f as a mutual operation, then eventually changinghis country <strong>of</strong> operation, giving him separate instructions andnotifying the friendly agency <strong>of</strong> a loss <strong>of</strong> contact with the mutualagent. It was a simple procedure. I'd meet him and, if he wasperceived as worth it, whisk him <strong>of</strong>f and double his pay. Then he'dbe our agent, what we called "blue and white," the colors <strong>of</strong> Israel'sflag.One particularly intriguing aspect <strong>of</strong> the course was a moviecalled, "A President on the Crosshairs," a detailed study <strong>of</strong> theNovember 22, 1963, assassination <strong>of</strong> John F. Kennedy. TheMossad theory was that the killers — Mafiosa hit men, not LeeHarvey Oswald — actually wanted to murder then Texas governorJohn Connally, who was in the car with JFK but was onlywounded. Oswald was seen as a dupe in

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