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By Way of Deception

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228 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONdepartment head who had been in charge <strong>of</strong> the botchedLillehammer hit. As one <strong>of</strong> dictator Manuel Noriega's mostinfluential advisers, Harari also helped train the Panamanian elitespecial anti-terror unit, K-7.In addition to his other attributes for hammering out a deal withthe Chilean general, Harari was then in direct businesspartnership with a large shipping firm, a perfect vehicle for safely,and quietly, transporting the missile head to Israel.As a Mossad <strong>of</strong>ficer, Harari had been head <strong>of</strong> Metsada, thedepartment in charge <strong>of</strong> combatants, and its sub-unit, the kidon.He was instructed to tell Contreras he'd teach his special antiterroristunit everything he knew. While he may not have taughtthem everything — he needed Mossad approval for what he didteach, and they prefer to keep some techniques to themselves —he certainly taught them enough to organize a hit against theirenemies, real or perceived, abroad. Payment for this training wassent directly to Harari from a slush fund administered by DINA.This special group were Contreras's people. They weren't an <strong>of</strong>ficialgroup at all. He picked them. He paid them. They did his work.Maybe their ways <strong>of</strong> interrogation even went beyond what wastaught, but there is no doubt he got his special unit trained andIsrael got its Exocet. Harari taught such torture techniques aselectric wire shock, pain points, pressure points, and timeendurance. The major goal <strong>of</strong> interrogation is to get information.But the Chileans gave it a special twist. They seemed to likeinterrogation just for the sake <strong>of</strong> it. They <strong>of</strong>ten weren't even afterinformation. They just loved inflicting pain.* * *On that damp Washington day in September 1976, however,when Letelier took his final drive, no one had the slightest ideathat the killer had been trained through the Mossad. Theconnection was never made. And nobody knew Israel had theExocet, either.The Israelis tested the missile head by attaching it to theunderbelly <strong>of</strong> a Phantom jet, hooking up all the outlets to a series<strong>of</strong> sensors that could be read under various condi-

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