Mossad

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Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.[1]

Structure and Personnel

According to intelligence writers Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad has historically had eight departments: Collection, Operational Planning and Co-ordination, Research, Political Action and Liason, Training, Finance and Manpower, Technology, and Technical Operations.[2]

Directors

Research Department

External Resources

  • Mark Perry, False Flag, Foreign Policy, 13 January 2012.

Notes

  1. Mossad, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.
  2. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.
  3. About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.
  4. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  5. Amir Oren, Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands, Haaretz, 4 March 2012.