Israel's 'Prisoner X' was Australian Mossad agent, documentary claims

[Jan Klimkowski]

Jason Katsoukis's investigation into Ben Zygier, aka "Prisoner X," who was said to have committed suicide in Ayalon Prison in 2010, began in 2009, when an anonymous source fed the Australian Fairfax reporter information regarding a Mossad front company operating in Europe and selling goods to Iran, the Guardian reported Wednesday evening.
According to the report, the source gave Katsoukis the names of three Australians with joint Israeli citizenship who were working for the Mossad. The alleged agents were said to be selling electronics to Iran through a company based in Europe.

"Electronics" are quite possibly cover for more exotic contrabrand, such as nuclear technology.

So perhaps my option 2:

A senior Israeli intelligence official, who remained anonymous, told Australian TV that if what Ben Zygier did and knew were made public, it would pose an immediate threat to Israel as a nation state.

OK - let's indulge in some speculative thinking.


Q: If Prisoner X was selling chemical, biological or nuclear technology to an Arab state or "terror organisation", would disclosure of this crime pose an immediate threat to the Israeli state?

A: Yes.