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By Way of Deception

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86 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONalways remember the most important thing," he said, pausing foreffect. "When I am sitting with my friend, he's not sitting with hisfriend."On that note, he left.Alan's lecture was followed by one on technical cooperationbetween agencies, in which we learned that the Mossad had thebest capability <strong>of</strong> all for cracking locks. Various lockmanufacturers in Great Britain, for example, would send newmechanisms to British intelligence for security testing; they inturn sent them on to the Mossad for analysis. The procedure wasfor our people to analyze it, figure out how to open it, then send itback with a report that it's "impregnable."After lunch that day, Dov L. took the class out to the parking lotwhere seven white Ford Escorts were parked. (In Israel, mostMossad, Shaback, and police cars are white, although the head <strong>of</strong>Mossad then drove a burgundy Lincoln Town Car.) The idea wasto learn how to detect if you were being followed by a car. It'ssomething you practice again and again. There's no such thing asyou see in the movies or read in books about little hairs on theback <strong>of</strong> your neck standing up and telling you somebody is behindyou. It's something you learn only by practice, and more practice.Each night when we went home, and each day when we left homefor school, it was still our responsibility to make sure we weren'tbeing followed.The next day Ran S. delivered a lecture on the sayanim, a uniqueand important part <strong>of</strong> the Mossad's operation. Sayanim —assistants — must be 100 percent Jewish. They live abroad, andthough they are not Israeli citizens, many are reached throughtheir relatives in Israel. An Israeli with a relative in England, forexample, might be asked to write a letter saying the personbearing the letter represents an organization whose main goal is tohelp save Jewish people in the diaspora. Could the British relativehelp in any way?There are thousands <strong>of</strong> sayanim around the world. In Londonalone, there are about 2,000 who are active, and another 5,000 onthe list. They fulfill many different roles. A car sayan, for example,running a rental agency, could help the Mossad rent a car withouthaving to complete the usual doc-

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