S1-E11: Mossad's Greatest Hits & Misses

<p>The Cukurs operation barely scratches the surface of what Mossad has done over the years. Mossad has been, “involved in special operations and activity in the service of the State of Israel, such as the pursuit of Nazi criminals.” This episode explores some of the most important operations the agency has carried out. Stephan Talty describes missions you’ve probably never heard of but that shaped the Middle East and the whole world.</p><p><br></p><p>The episode contains interviews with <strong>Robert Baer</strong>, accomplished former CIA agent, intelligence expert and security analyst, bestselling author of several books including *<em>See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War Against Terrorism</em>* which was the basis for the film Syriana, in which George Clooney's character is based on Baer and <strong>H. Keith Melton</strong>, intelligence historian and expert on espionage tradecraft.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher</strong> came out of author Stephan Talty's work on a book called *<em>The Good Assassin.</em>* Click here to <a href="https://geni.us/TheGoodAssassinBook"><strong>Buy the book</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>THE JET discusses an operation in which the target wasn’t human. In 1963, the Israelis decided they had to have a MIG. At the time, the MIG was the most advanced Soviet fighter plane, and the latest model, the MIG-21, had been purchased by Israel’s neighbors — and enemies — Egypt, Syria, and Iraq.</p><p><br></p><p>THE ENGINEER tells the story of Yahya Ayash, the No. 1 bombmaker for Hamas. Ayash was a master of building explosives. Ayash built bombs for Hamas suicide attacks: the Mehola Junction bombing in 1993, the Afula Bus massacre in 1994, the Dizengoff Street bus massacre also in 1994 — at the time, the deadliest suicide bombing in Israeli history with 22 civilians killed and 50 injured — Ayash was also behind the Hadera central station massacre, again in 1994, and many more.</p><p><br></p><p>THE SCIENTIST is about the Israeli governmen