Hollywood Breakdown – Covert Operations #2
Let’s take another fun look at Hollywood depictions of surveillance, surveillance detection, and covert operations.… Read More Hollywood Breakdown – Covert Operations #2
Category: Intelligence
Mossad Assassinations – Deadly Toothpaste
For years, Wadie Haddad was one of Israel’s most wanted enemies. A founding member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Haddad was widely considered the mastermind behind a wave of international airline hijackings during the late 1960s and 1970s. His most notorious operation was the 1976 hijacking of Air France Flight… Read More Mossad Assassinations – Deadly Toothpaste
Mossad Assassinations – AI, Robots & Iranian Nuclear Scientists
Traditional assassination methods like motorcycle gunmen, planted explosives or close-range shooters were deemed too risky. Mossad planners concluded that the answer was to remove the assassin from the battlefield altogether. The Target Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and widely recognized as the head of Iran’s nuclear weapons… Read More Mossad Assassinations – AI, Robots & Iranian Nuclear Scientists
Surveillance, Surveillance Detection & Countersurveillance
How do you find out if the field intelligence portrayed in espionage novels or spy movies is realistic?To find the answer, you need to look at what the characters are actually trying to achieve. That may sound obvious, but in my experience, as soon as words like surveillance, surveillance detection, and counter-surveillance enter the conversation,… Read More Surveillance, Surveillance Detection & Countersurveillance
Ghost Echo
My new international espionage thriller, GHOST ECHO, is out! Chock full of action, intrigue and twists, Ghost Echo introduces you to Mossad, Silicon Valley, Israel, Hezbollah, IDF, terrorists, Japan, martial arts, US, Russia and much more. Get it here Adam Toren escaped his violent past as a soldier in Israel and a Mossad operator in… Read More Ghost Echo
Mossad Assassinations – Imad Mughniyeh
“When Imad Mughniyeh passed away, the sound of popping champagne bottles could be heard in many places around the world.” Said Gad Shimron, a former Mossad operative. “The Americans were looking for him, the French were looking for him, the Saudis were looking for him, the Egyptians were looking for him, the Kuwaitis were looking… Read More Mossad Assassinations – Imad Mughniyeh
Mossad Assassinations – Damascus Airstrike
On April 1st, 2024, at around 5:00 pm, a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit by an airstrike. The four-story structure was completely destroyed, killing Mohammed Reza Zahedi, also known as Hassan Mahdawi, along with six other senior Iranian officials (including Mahdawi’s deputy).Iran has claimed that the building was brought down… Read More Mossad Assassinations – Damascus Airstrike
Mossad Assassinations
On January 3rd, 2024, Mossad chief, David Barnea spoke on the aftermath of the bloody October 7th massacre. “Today, we are in the height of a war, and the Mossad, as it was fifty years ago, is obligated to bring to account the murderers who raided into Israel on October 7th, along with their planners… Read More Mossad Assassinations
Applying Covert Field-craft in Your Daily Life
Many people might find it surprising but much of the field-craft that goes into such things as surveillance detection and special protective operations—even some of the sexier stuff—can be applied in your own life as well. For example, the three-part article series about Circles of Security (part 1, part 2, part 3) I wrote a… Read More Applying Covert Field-craft in Your Daily Life
The Difficulties of Teaching Surveillance Detection
Since I occasionally get requests from people who want me to train them in surveillance detection, I thought it’ll be a good idea to explain why I very rarely teach SD courses anymore. I want to make it very clear that what follows are my own personal opinions about the SD marketplace. It stands to… Read More The Difficulties of Teaching Surveillance Detection
