Search Results for: Spy

The Dubai Job

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One year ago, an elite Mossad hit squad traveled to Dubai to kill a high-ranking member of Hamas. They completed the mission, but their covers were blown, and Israel was humiliated by the twenty-seven-minute video of their movements that was posted online for all the world to see. Ronen Bergman reveals the intricate, chilling details of the mission and investigates how Israel’s vaunted spy agency did things so spectacularly wrong

Source: GQ
Published: Jan 4, 2011
Length: 26 minutes (6,504 words)

Pandora’s Briefcase

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It was a dazzling feat of wartime espionage. But does it argue for or against spying?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 10, 2010
Length: 20 minutes (5,166 words)

118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes

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On June 21, reporter Maziar Bahari was rousted out of bed and taken to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison—accused of being a spy for the CIA, MI6, Mossad. This is the story of his captivity—and of an Iran whose rampant paranoia underpins an ever more fractured regime.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Nov 21, 2009
Length: 16 minutes (4,021 words)

Underground Psychology

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Researchers have been spying on us on the subway. Here’s what they’ve learned.

Source: Slate
Published: Nov 17, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)