Ben Zygier | Prisoner X | Mossad | Bob Carr

Source and full story ---> canberratimes.com.au:

"Dennis Richardson
Background: Head of DFAT when Ben Zygier was detained. Former ambassador to Washington; ASIO boss for nine years to 2005; and principal adviser to prime minister Bob Hawke. Now head of the Department of Defence."

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Citizens falling victim to passive diplomacy, spies

Source and full story ---> smh.com.au: "It may be decades before the full story of Ben Zygier's detention and death in a high security Israeli prison, ever comes out. The Israeli government isn't likely to tell its side any time soon and the Australian aspects of this troubling case are still largely shrouded in secrecy."

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Officials broke rules on Zygier as case was flicked to ASIO

Source and full story ---> canberratimes.com.au: "Two of Australia's highest ranking foreign affairs officials knew of the jailing of Melbourne man Ben Zygier - dubbed ''Prisoner X'' - in Israel but left his consular care in the hands of spy agency ASIO in clear breach of the department's own rules."

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