Recently a car bomb went off in Moscow. The intended target was a man known as "Vladimir Putin's philosopher." Sadly, his 27-year-old daughter Darya Dugina was killed instead. The conventional wisdom was that Russian dissidents carried out the assassination. It now comes to light that a Ukrainian "hit team" had sneaked into Russia and carried out the "hit."
This operation comes right
out of the playbook of the Israeli Mossad. Many years ago, I wrote the
biography of a Mossad agent. He talked in generalities. I found a disgruntled
former Mossad agent living in Toronto who filled in all the blanks. I came away
with a phenomenal knowledge of the Mossad and the deepest respect for this
agency.
We all have heard
stories about the fictional British agent James Bond. He had a license to kill.
British and US intelligence agencies deny that any agents have such a license
to kill. (Who knows what the truth is???)
When I wrote the book, I found
that 12 Mossad agents truly had a license to kill. They were divided into three
4-person teams known as Kidon teams.
In extraordinary cases, the
execution of a very dangerous person or persons is deemed necessary. A death
warrant must be signed by the Prime Minister of Israel and the Chief Justice of
the Israel Supreme Court. A Yarid team is dispatched to put the subject under
long and careful observation. Once the habits and movements of the subject are
known, a Kidon team is dispatched to carry out the execution.
A lot of you will
find such practices morally abhorrent. Please bear in mind that the US,
Britain, and I suspect Russia use drones to assassinate very dangerous
people like terrorists.
When the car bomb went off
in Moscow, it sent shockwaves throughout the Kremlin and all the way up to
Putin. Many of you have heard the saying: "You can run, but you just can't
hide!"
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