Israeli Spy's Lonely Death: New questions arose from a report
published yesterday revealing the possible cause behind the Israeli
imprisonment of Mossad agent Ben Zygier.
The Australia-born Zygier, who allegedly committed suicide in 2010, after two years in solitary confinement, “may have inadvertently revealed details of one of Israel’s most important intelligence-gathering networks,” according to Sheera Frenkel of McClatchy Newspapers, reporting on a joint investigation by Australia’s Fairfax Media and Germany’s Der Spiegel.
“Zygier, the news organizations claimed, thought that by turning the man into a a double agent he’d win the approval of his bosses at the Mossad and be promoted within the spy agency. Instead, Zygier gave away information that included the identities of two of the Mossad’s best informants in Lebanon.
"Zygier wanted to achieve something that he didn’t end up getting," the report said, quoting an unidentified highly placed Israeli official. "He crossed paths with someone who was much more professional than he was."
The Australia-born Zygier, who allegedly committed suicide in 2010, after two years in solitary confinement, “may have inadvertently revealed details of one of Israel’s most important intelligence-gathering networks,” according to Sheera Frenkel of McClatchy Newspapers, reporting on a joint investigation by Australia’s Fairfax Media and Germany’s Der Spiegel.
“According to Fairfax Media, Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, and Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, which conducted a joint investigation into the case, Zygier unwittingly handed over Israeli intelligence files to a man he thought he was turning into a double agent for Israel,” Frenkel reported.
“Zygier, the news organizations claimed, thought that by turning the man into a a double agent he’d win the approval of his bosses at the Mossad and be promoted within the spy agency. Instead, Zygier gave away information that included the identities of two of the Mossad’s best informants in Lebanon.
"Zygier wanted to achieve something that he didn’t end up getting," the report said, quoting an unidentified highly placed Israeli official. "He crossed paths with someone who was much more professional than he was."
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