apr 18, 2007 - coordinating the diplomatic effords around the bombing of siryas nuclear reactor
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The time came to inform the Americans. On April 18th, during a routine visit
to Israel, Robert Gates, George W. Bush’s
Secretary of Defense, met with his Israeli
counterpart, Peretz. Because Peretz does
not speak English fluently, an index card
was prepared for him, which he could
refer to as he divulged the news about the
reactor. Olmert also dispatched Dagan,
along with two of Olmert’s top personal
aides, Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom
Turgemen—nicknamed TnT by U.S.
officials—to Washington, to report the
news to other senior U.S. officials. Dagan
briefed his U.S. counterpart, Hayden, the
C.I.A. director. Dagan, Turbowicz, and
Turgemen met with Vice-President Dick
Cheney and the national-security adviser,
Steve Hadley. Dagan presented them
with the photographs of the site and other
information. According to one former senior U.S. official, Cheney, who had been
urging the intelligence community to investigate a link between North Korea and
Syria, was vindicated by the news.
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יורם טורבוביץ'
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