A group of Israeli executives were in an ebullient mood earlier this year after seeing how exploding pagers, sent by the Mossad, had killed or maimed thousands of Hizbollah militants and civilians in Lebanon.
Then they met a former European spymaster. Instead of high-fiving the executives over the Israeli sabotage, the ex-intelligence chief doused their high spirits with an unforgiving appraisal.
Operations must be “necessary and proportionate” to be legally approved in this country, the former spy chief told them during a business conference. On that count the exploding pagers “did not meet my test”.
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