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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 171there to defend myself, the captain <strong>of</strong> the PT boat, a man I knewfrom my own days in the navy, was ordered to develop "enginetrouble" about 11 miles <strong>of</strong>f Haifa.When the boat stopped, I had been drinking c<strong>of</strong>fee. I asked thecaptain what he was doing."I've been notified I have engine trouble," he said.We sat there for two days. I was not authorized to use the radiocommunications, either. In fact, the captain was actually thecommander <strong>of</strong> a small flotilla <strong>of</strong> 11 PT boats, but had been sentspecifically for this job. I guess they thought I could intimidate ayoung guy.Not much frightened this captain. He had made his name yearsearlier on a foggy night when he saw a "skunk" on his radarscreen. It seemed his radio wasn't working properly. He couldsend but not receive. As the shadow got closer and closer, hewarned over his PA system, "Stop or I'll shoot." Just about thetime he was ready to blast away with the small, anti-aircraftcannon at the stern <strong>of</strong> his boat, a mammoth Nimitz class aircraftcarrier came out <strong>of</strong> the fog and turned its floodlights on him. Hewas ready to open fire. The anchor on the Nimitz was bigger thanhis PT boat. People used to really laugh about that.Nobody was laughing about the intercept embarrassment,however — except the Arabs and Palestinians — and when I finallywas allowed back on shore, Oren Riff said to me, "You blew it thistime."I started to explain to him what had happened, but he said, "Idon't want to hear it."I kept trying to talk to Nahum Admony, the head <strong>of</strong> Mossad, buthe wouldn't talk to me. Then I was told by manpower headAmiram Arnon that I was going to be let go. He recommended Iresign. I said I wasn't leaving and Arnon said, "Okay, so you getyour pay."I went to Riff and said I still wanted to speak with Admony. Riffsaid, "Not only does he not want to talk to you, he doesn't wantyou to stop him in the corridors or on the elevator. And if you tryto stop him outside the building, he'll regard that as a personalattack." Which meant that his bodyguards would shoot.

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