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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 219There are essentially three kinds <strong>of</strong> intelligence suppliers:Humant, or intelligence-gathering from people, such as Mossadkatsas working with their various agents; Elint, or signals, a taskdone by Unit 8200 from the Israeli army intelligence corps; andSignt, or intelligence-gathering from regular media, a job thatkeeps hundreds <strong>of</strong> people busy in another special military unit.At the Tsiach, the customers not only decide what they need byway <strong>of</strong> intelligence, but they grade agents based on theirperformance over the past year. Every agent has two code names,an operational name and an information name. The operationalreports, filed by Mossad katsas, are not seen by the intelligencecustomers. They don't even know they exist. The informationreport, broken down into various categories, is sent separately.Based on these reports, the intelligence customers rate agentsfrom A to E. Actually, no agent rates A, though combatants can.But a B is a very reliable source; a C is so-so; a D, take his wordwith caution; and an E, don't work with him. Each katsa knowshis agents' gradings and will try to improve them. The grade sticksfor an entire year and agents are paid according to their grades. Ifone had been a C for a year, then went up to a B, for example,he'd get a bonus.When katsas make these reports, they fill in a little two- squarebox at the top. On the left is the agent's grade, while beside it is anumber, beginning with 1, which means the agent heard or sawthe item reported himself; to 2, meaning he heard about it fromsomeone reliable but didn't actually see it himself; to 3, meaninghe heard it third-hand as rumor. Hence, a report with B-1 at thetop would mean it contained information from a good agent whohad seen or heard the event in person.While the head <strong>of</strong> army intelligence is the senior man in militaryintelligence, each branch <strong>of</strong> the Israeli armed forces has its ownunit. Thus, there is infantry intelligence, tank- battalionintelligence, air-force intelligence, and navy intelligence. (The firsttwo are now grouped as ground forces intelligence.) The head <strong>of</strong>the army, formally called the Israeli Defense Force or IDF, is alieutenant general, whose

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