01.12.2011 05.Kislev. 5772
Feature:
The complicated relationship between the Mossad and Israeli media
The Mossad's attitude toward journalists: Respect them, suspect them and use them.
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan's crusade this week against an Israeli strike on Iran took on a new dimension with his several media interviews. His campaign also reflects the Mossad's attitude toward journalists, something along the lines of respect them, suspect them and use them. The degree shifts from one Mossad head to the next.
Some Mossad chiefs considered appointing a spokesman for the organization and then had second thoughts; one ordered that former employees be barred from Mossad headquarters because they gave media interviews without asking his permission….