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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 7major hotels in Europe and are constantly devising new methods<strong>of</strong> opening doors equipped with locks opened by card keys, codekeys, and various other means. Some hotels, for example, evenhave locks that open using the thumbprint <strong>of</strong> the room guest.Once the listening devices, or "bugs," were placed and operationalin Halim's apartment, a Shicklut (listening department) employeewould listen and record the conversation. The tape from the firstday would be sent back to Tel Aviv headquarters, where theparticular dialect would be determined and a marats, or listener,who best understood that dialect would be sent in from Israel assoon as possible to continue the electronic surveillance andprovide immediate translations for the Paris station.At this point in the operation, all they had was a name and anaddress. They did not even have a photo <strong>of</strong> the Iraqi and certainlyno guarantee that he would be useful. The yarid team began bywatching his apartment building from the street and spying fromthe nearby apartment to see just what Halim and his wife lookedlike.The first actual contact was made two days later, when a young,attractive woman with short-cropped hair, introducing herself asJacqueline, knocked on Halim's door. This was Dina, a yaridworker, whose job was simply to get a good look at the wife andidentify her to the team so that surveillance could begin inearnest. Dina's cover was selling perfume, which she'd obtained inlarge quantities. Complete with an attaché case and printed orderforms, Dina had gone from door to door <strong>of</strong>fering her wares at allthe other apartments in the three-story walk-up to avoidsuspicion. She had made sure to arrive at Halim's apartmentbefore he got home from work.Samira was thrilled with the perfume <strong>of</strong>fer. So were most <strong>of</strong> thewomen in the building. And no wonder, since the prices weremuch lower than in the retail stores. Customers were asked to payhalf up front and the other half on delivery, with the promise <strong>of</strong> a"free gift" when the order was delivered.Better still, Samira invited "Jacqueline" in and poured her

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