ETMN - If you haven't read it already, you should take a look at James Bamford's book, "Spy Fail". It's a pretty insightful read on the US Intelligence community, but also more importantly a very detailed look at Netanyahu's government and how the Mossad operates. It's a real eye-opener.
Bamford, if you're not familiar with him, is the author who wrote "The Puzzle Palace" back in the 80's which exposed the existence of the NSA as a real government agency for the very first time. Bamford almost went to Leavenworth over that book, and it was banned in the US for many years (as it revealed not only the existence NSA itself but also many things about how the NSA operated in such secrecy and what they were up to). People had no idea. (other than rumors and budget line items for $10,000 coffee pots, toilet seats and hammers along with other wildly overpriced line items hidden in massive budgets. All of it siphoned off into this massive black budget for the NSA). So, the guy is a pretty credible source.
Anyway, Spy Fail is another eye-opener. I picked it up primarily because I saw Bamford's name (the government would rather he not exist). I had originally read The Puzzle Palace back in the mid 90's when I found a used copy over in a SE Asia 2nd hand bookstore. I think the book may have still been banned in the US at that time (at least the unabridged version). I'm not 100% sure the 'sanitized' version which eventually was released is the same as the edition I have kicking around here somewhere.
Bamford, if you're not familiar with him, is the author who wrote "The Puzzle Palace" back in the 80's which exposed the existence of the NSA as a real government agency for the very first time. Bamford almost went to Leavenworth over that book, and it was banned in the US for many years (as it revealed not only the existence NSA itself but also many things about how the NSA operated in such secrecy and what they were up to). People had no idea. (other than rumors and budget line items for $10,000 coffee pots, toilet seats and hammers along with other wildly overpriced line items hidden in massive budgets. All of it siphoned off into this massive black budget for the NSA). So, the guy is a pretty credible source.
Anyway, Spy Fail is another eye-opener. I picked it up primarily because I saw Bamford's name (the government would rather he not exist). I had originally read The Puzzle Palace back in the mid 90's when I found a used copy over in a SE Asia 2nd hand bookstore. I think the book may have still been banned in the US at that time (at least the unabridged version). I'm not 100% sure the 'sanitized' version which eventually was released is the same as the edition I have kicking around here somewhere.