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174 | HOW AMERICA LOST ITS SECRETS SHEVARDNADZE: SO he [Snowden] does have some materials that haven’t been made public yet? KucHERENA: Certainly. Shevardnadze asked the next logical question: “Why did Russia get involved in this whole thing if it got nothing out of it?” “Snow...

But there were times of crisis, and high tension, as well. Only five months after the election, Rabin and I faced one of the most painful periods during my entire time as chief of staff. It began with the gruesome death of five Sayeret Matkal soldiers during a training exercise i...

in which Dan’s division was key in staunching the Egyptian advance in the first days of the war, later inflicted heavy losses on one of Sadat’s armored forces and was part of the final push on the other side of the canal. And, of course, during Entebbe. Dan had sharp tactical ins...

204 “T don’t know him, but I know someone who does,” he answered. “Why are you interested in seeing Kucherena?” I told him that I wanted to speak to him about Snowden but that I had been unable to arrange a meeting. “That’s no problem,” he said, raising his cell phone (which n...

…ise was when, during a visit to the United States, I found myself in New York at the same time as Molcho. We met at the Israeli consulate. We spoke in detail about the state of the negotiations. With Molcho still in the room, I phoned Bibi in Jerusalem on the secure phone line. I...

…o VF staff as they arrive. The next day “Page Six” will report that the backup private security firm is run by a former Israeli operative, when in fact they are Irish Catholics from Staten Island. There’s a hierarchy of arrival times. At 5 p.m. the inner circle of Graydon’s 141 b...

…ise was when, during a visit to the United States, I found myself in New York at the same time as Molcho. We met at the Israeli consulate. We spoke in detail about the state of the negotiations. With Molcho still in the room, I phoned Bibi in Jerusalem on the secure phone line. I...

…ents in these circumstances.” “You don’t have to,” Clinton replied. “Ill back you.” Though I never discussed internal Israeli politics with any foreign leader, even the closest of allies, I didn’t doubt that the President’s support was partly a recognition of what awaited me on...

…ing to acquire. My appearance will not go down in the annals of great moments in television. But at the time, very few Israelis even knew who I was, and I felt ’'d done OK. I was surprised, however, when Rabin phoned the next day. “Ehud, I didn’t see it. I was attending some eve...

…ofitable) companies. Winter 2004 The impossible happens and I’m approached by an infomercial production company and an Israeli conglomerate (huh?) interested in buying my baby BrainQUICKEN. I simplify, eliminate, and otherwise clean house to make myself expendable. Miraculously,...

…on to Arab governance. Most Arabs have accepted Israel’s right to exist, and accepted U.N. resolutions 242 and 338, but Israeli intransigence is not helping them formulate a unified position. Democratic Egypt won’t be a threat to Israel as the Egyptian military, which will conti...

… a personal appeal from the king to withhold the U.S. veto at the United Nations from a resolution condemning continued Israeli settlement building in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The Saudis believe that solving the issue of Palestinian statehood will deny Iran a key pillar in i...

…parked an international incident: On Aug. 18, gunmen carried out a string of attacks in southern Israel that left eight Israelis dead. The Israeli government, which claimed that the attackers were militants from the Gaza Strip who had crossed into Israel through the porous Sinai...

As well as setting security arrangements, and a solid Israeli, long-term military presence along the River Jordan. Rest assured... our security should not — and will not — be compromised under any of these alternatives. Tough decisions must be taken; but it is possible. And as...

…VF staff as they arrive. The next day “Page Six” will report that the backup private security firm is run by a former Israeli operative, when in fact they are Irish Catholics from Staten Island. There’s a hierarchy of arrival times. At 5 p.m. the inner circle of Graydon’s 141...