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

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 Ami TobenLeave a comment

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

May 15, 2024February 12, 2026 Ami Toben2 Comments

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

April 8, 2024 Ami TobenLeave a comment

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

March 26, 2024 Ami TobenLeave a comment

So You Want To Be a Covert Operator

What follows is Chapter 12 of my new book Surveillance Zone. The book gives you an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into the mysterious world of private-sector espionage, surveillance detection and covert protective operations. By this point in the book, some of you are bound to start asking how you, too, can get in on the action and become… Read More So You Want To Be a Covert Operator

September 6, 2017January 2, 2020 Ami Toben7 Comments

It’s Not An Art, It’s A Science

I’ll admit it, I have an annoying pet peeve about the security field being described as an art rather than a science. The sentiment in question is that security, protection, intelligence, surveillance detection, etc., can’t be reduced to formulas, equations and lab experiments. There are some general principles, but there aren’t any one-size-fits-all solutions. It… Read More It’s Not An Art, It’s A Science

July 25, 2017December 13, 2022 Ami Toben1 Comment

Lessons From The Field: Covert Operations

What follows is Chapter 9 of my book Surveillance Zone. A technology conference somewhere in Silicon Valley, 2013. The tech conference was coming along well, and thousands of attendees were busily going in and out of the convention center during their lunch break. I was on my third day working undercover and was becoming quite… Read More Lessons From The Field: Covert Operations

June 26, 2017March 7, 2019 Ami TobenLeave a comment

A lesson In Diplomatic Protection

A version of this article has also been published in Security Solutions Magazine. On the evening of the 19th of December, 2016, the world was shocked as news came out about the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov. Karlov was shot from behind as he was delivering a speech at the Cagdas… Read More A lesson In Diplomatic Protection

March 20, 2017October 8, 2020 Ami Toben2 Comments

The OSINT Connection: Intelligence In Executive Protection

I’m very excited to host my first guest blogger on Protection Circle, Travis Lishok. Travis is the owner of EP Nexus, a fantastic executive protection blog that explores protective intelligence, OSINT investigations, threat assessment, and more. Travis and I decided to collaborate by writing two different perspectives on the same event (an actual protective detail… Read More The OSINT Connection: Intelligence In Executive Protection

March 6, 2017November 7, 2018 Ami Toben4 Comments

Hollywood Breakdown – Covert Operations

OK, let’s take a fun little look at Hollywood depictions of surveillance, surveillance detection and general covert operations. First, understand that I’m a huge movie buff, so I’m not about to pour any scorn on the film industry for what it gets wrong. Movies and TV shows are for fun and so is this article… Read More Hollywood Breakdown – Covert Operations

February 14, 2017December 29, 2025 Ami Toben22 Comments

Private Sector Surveillance Detection And Special Protective Operations

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