# Gideons Spies ## Metadata * Author: [Gordon Thomas](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B000SEGB74 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEGB74 * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74) ## Highlights All those outside his closed circle were looked upon with suspicion as “unprincipled opportunists.” — location: [745](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=745) ^ref-45620 --- “the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers or sleeps.” — location: [752](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=752) ^ref-27083 --- Neturei Karta sect. — location: [831](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=831) ^ref-6707 --- memune, — location: [1018](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1018) ^ref-39349 --- No katsa is accepted into Mossad who is primarily motivated by money. The overly zealous Zionist has no place in this work. It gets in the way of a clear understanding of what the job is all about. It is one that calls for calm, clear, farsighted judgment and a balanced outlook. People want to join Mossad for all kinds of reasons. There is the so-called glamour. Some like the idea of adventure. Some think joining will enhance their status, small people who want to be big. A few want the secret power they believe being in Mossad would give them. None of these are acceptable reasons for joining. And always, always, you must ensure your man in the field knows he has your total support. That you will look out for his family, make sure his kids are happy. At the same time you must protect him. If his wife starts to wonder if he has another woman reassure her he has not. If he has, don’t tell her. If she goes off the rails, bring her back on the straight and narrow. Don’t tell her husband. You want nothing to distract him. The job of a good spymaster is to treat his people as family. Make them feel he is always there for them, day, night, no matter what the time. This is how you buy loyalty, make your katsa do what you want. And in the end what you want is important. — location: [1026](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1026) ^ref-58231 --- costs. He had left them one other reminder of his time as their chief: a language of their own. Its report — location: [1142](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1142) ^ref-15106 --- writing system was known as Naka; “daylight” was the highest form of alert; a kidon was a member of Mossad’s assassination team; a neviot was a specialist in surveillance; yaholomin was the unit that handled communications to katsas; safanim was the one that targeted the PLO; a balder was a courier; a slick was a secure place for documents; teuds were forgeries. — location: [1143](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1143) ^ref-27246 --- But each visit reminded him of an old truth: “that to survive as a Jew still means defending yourself to the death.” — location: [1228](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1228) ^ref-23171 --- “If you are not part of the answer, then you are part of the problem.” — location: [1283](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1283) ^ref-60487 --- Nokmin, “Avengers.” — location: [1294](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1294) ^ref-6760 --- Think like your target and only stop being him when you pull the trigger. — location: [1904](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B000SEGB74&location=1904) ^ref-24065 ---