9-12-2914 ‘Any Palestinian is exposed to monitoring by the Israeli Big Brother’ The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/12/israeli-intelligence-unit-testimonies

 

Testimonies from people who worked in the Israeli Intelligence Corps tell of a system where there were no boundaries

 

Conclusion:

The Israeli public thinks that intelligence work is only against terrorism, but a significant part of our objectives are innocent people, not at all connected to any military activity. They interest the unit for other reasons, usually without having the slightest idea that they're intelligence targets. They cannot begin to guess for what reasons they interest the unit. We did not treat those targets any differently than we did terrorists. The fact that they were innocent was not at all relevant as far as we were concerned with regard to how we treated them.

Something I had a really hard time with was that all kinds of personal data was stored in the unit, such that could be used to extort/blackmail the person and turn them into a collaborator. At the base we were told that if we find out some "juicy" detail about them, that it's important to document it. Examples of this were a difficult financial situation, sexual preferences, a person's chronic illness or that of a relative, and necessary medical treatment.

 

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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