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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 12<strong>of</strong>f in town after work to eat alone in a restaurant or take in amovie. One day he telephoned his friend Donovan and left amessage. Three days later, Donovan called back. Halim wanted togo out, so Donovan took him to an expensive cabaret for dinnerand a show. He insisted on paying for everything.Halirn was drinking now, and over the course <strong>of</strong> the long evening,Donovan outlined a deal he was working on to sell old cargocontainers to African countries to use as housing units."They're so bloody desperate in some <strong>of</strong> these places. They just cutholes in these things for windows and a door and they live inthem," said Donovan. "I've got a line on some in Toulon that I canbuy for next to nothing. I'm going down there this weekend. Whydon't you come along?""I'd probably just get in the way," said Halim. "I don't knowanything about business.""Nonsense. It's a long drive there and back, and I'd love to have thecompany. We'll stay over and come back Sunday. Anyway, whatelse are you doing this weekend?"The plan almost failed when a local sayan got cold feet at the lastmoment; instead, a katsa filled in as the "businessman" selling thecontainers to Donovan.As the two haggled over the price, Halim noticed that onecontainer, which had been lifted up on a crane, had rust on thebottom (they all did — and they were hoping Halim would notice).He took Donovan aside to tell him, enabling his friend to negotiatea discount on some 1,200 containers.That night at dinner, Donovan gave Halim $1,000 (U.S.) cash. "Goahead. Take it," he said. "You saved me a lot more than that byspotting that rust. Not that it will matter at the other end, <strong>of</strong>course, but that bloke selling them didn't know that."For the first time, Halim began to realize that, in addition to<strong>of</strong>fering him a good time, his new-found friendship could bepr<strong>of</strong>itable. For the Mossad, who know that money, sex, and sometype <strong>of</strong> psychological motivation — individually or in combinationcan buy almost anything, their man was

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