Behold the New Middle East—Same as the Old Middle East
American policy should seek improvements, not solutions.
February 22, 2017
Joseph Katz: From Soviet Master Spy to Technical Adviser for James Bond Films
From Lithuania to Brooklyn to Tel Aviv.
Born in Lithuania in 1913, Joseph (Yeiske) Katz came to America with his family seven years later, became an ardent Communist in his youth, and started working for the KGB in the 1930s. Although his skills reportedly included safecracking, lock-picking, electronic bugging, jujitsu, and sharpshooting, his real expertise lay in getting people to trust him. and he handled several important agents and sources, including Harry Gold of the Rosenberg spy ring. When one of his agents defected, he fled for France and later settled in Israel, remaining but a few steps ahead of the FBI until his death in 2004. Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and David Gurvitz describe his remarkable life and eventual disillusionment with Communism:
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Israel made an offer only Hamas would refuse.
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Joseph Katz: From Soviet Master Spy to Technical Adviser for James Bond Films
From Lithuania to Brooklyn to Tel Aviv.