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Spies: Heroes or Thugs?
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Item Title Spies: Heroes or Thugs?
Guest Raviv, Dan (1954-)
Guest Melman, Yossi
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedJuly 24, 1990
Description

Our guests are the co-authors of Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of

Israel's Intelligence Community, and under Mr. Buckley's questioning they tell us things

we would never even have thought to ask. YM: "Friendly nations do spy against each

other. They share information, they collaborate, yet at the same time they spy against

each other." WFB: "Well, (a) I know this, and (b) I approve of it. That is to say,

however intimate Israeli-American relations become, it seems to me only prudent that to

the extent that we can get information about Israel that Israel hasn't given us, we proceed

to listen for it, and vice versa." . . . DR: "When it comes to operational capabilities,

simply getting a job done, I've heard it repeatedly from CIA veterans: 'Nobody does it

like the Israelis.' ... But we still look at the strategy behind it and find that often it is

flawed. The politicians are listening to their intelligence agencies, and we think that it's

about time for better control."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0864
Record Number80040.1115
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