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On Isser, the Mossad and Uganda’s spy agencies

Monitor Online "This week Tuesday, February 19, marked five years since the death of a little Jewish chap you never heard about called Isser Harel. Though unknown to many people, Isser happens to be one of the most remarkable men in Israeli history; a man every bad-wisher of Israel did not like too much. Because of his size and also the existence of another Isser in the same precincts, Isser Harel was for many years called Isser the Little.
An accomplished thinker and writer, Isser is however best remembered as the first director of the Mossad, Israel’s premier intelligence agency which is also considered the most efficient intelligence outfit in the world. For those who believe that spies are born, not made, Isser is your man."

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