Instead of killing Bull (which they eventually did), they needed to stop a shipment of specialized steel pipes. So, a Mossad team—posing as a Swiss shipping company—chartered a freighter, intercepted the pipes in the middle of the Atlantic, and switched the cargo manifest.
Thomas, who had unprecedented access to Mossad operatives (provided they were dead or their covers were blown), paints a picture of an organization that isn’t just Israel’s shield. It is its Swiss Army knife of survival. Instead of killing Bull (which they eventually did),
If you believe the Mossad is simply a team of black-clad ninjas running rooftop chases in Tehran, you’ve watched too much Fauda (which is excellent, but it’s fiction). It is its Swiss Army knife of survival
So, if you want to read the PDF, don't do it for the gadget porn. Do it for the human drama. Gideon’s Spies is the story of how a small tribe, scattered by history, learned to fight shadows with shadows. Disclaimer: Gordon Thomas’s work relies heavily on anonymous sources. While fascinating, treat it as a meticulously researched history with occasional "as told by the spies themselves" embellishment. Do it for the human drama
Here are three of the most jaw-dropping realities from the book that Hollywood won’t tell you. We all know the story of how Mossad captured Adolf Eichmann in 1960. But Gideon’s Spies reveals the human cost of the spies who made it possible.