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Mossad hard up for recruits, turns to the classifieds

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Wednesday, August 2, 2000

TEL AVIV -- Israel's famed Mossad spy agency -- plagued by flagging government support and public interest -- has resorted to help-wanted ads.

Defense officials said the Mossad will for the first time advertise for new recruits. The reason, they said, is that the intelligence agency does not have enough eligible candidates.

"There is difficulty," former Mossad chief Yitzhak Hoffe said. "I don't think they [Mossad] would have come to this conclusion had there not been difficulties. There is competition and the work of the Mossad is becoming more difficult."

The Mossad was given the green light by Prime Minister Ehud Barak to advertise for recruits on radio, television and newspapers as well as solicit university graduates. The CIA in the United States and the MI-5 in Britain have been recruiting openly for the last five years.

Wednesday, August 2, 2000


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