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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 325the specifics. This was all part <strong>of</strong> an unstated, but very real,system <strong>of</strong> debt repayment, building Brownie points in return forfuture favors.At the end <strong>of</strong> the meeting, a full report was sent to Admony. Fortheir part, the Americans went back and discussed it with their<strong>of</strong>ficials. Two days later, they returned, seeking more specificinformation on one answer given them in the original briefing. TheCIA thought this might prove to be a diamond in the rough, butthey wanted to verify the specifics. They asked to speak to thesource."Forget it," the Mossad man said. "Nobody talks to sources.""Okay," the CIA man said. "That's fair enough. How about lettingus talk to the case <strong>of</strong>ficer?"The Mossad protects katsas' identities vigorously. They simplycan't risk letting others see them. After all, who knows when theymight be recognized as a result? A katsa in Beirut today could endup working anywhere tomorrow, run into the CIA man, and blowan entire operation. Still, there are many ways <strong>of</strong> arranginginterviews where the two sides don't actually meet. Such methodsas speaking behind screens and distorting the voice, or wearing ahood, would have served the purpose. But the Mossad had nointention <strong>of</strong> being that helpful. Despite direct orders from their"boss," Peres, the Saifanim <strong>of</strong>ficials said they'd have to check itwith the head <strong>of</strong> the Mossad.Word went around headquarters that Admony was having a badday. His mistress, who was the daughter <strong>of</strong> the head <strong>of</strong> Tsomet,had a bad day, too. She was having her period — at least, that wasthe joke. At lunch in the dining room that day, everybody wastalking about the hostage thing. <strong>By</strong> the time it got down to thedining room, the story may have been slightly exaggerated, butAdmony is supposed to have said, "Those fucking Americans.Maybe they want us to get the hostages for them, too. What arethey, crazy?"In any event, the answer was no. The CIA could not see a katsa.Furthermore, they told the Americans that the information they'dbeen given was outdated and related to a completely different case,so it had nothing to do with the

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