Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many
I personally was approached by what I now believe was an undercover spy agent in San Francisco. I believe he might have been Israeli.<p>How we got there is a long story. But, the person (agent) came to a coffee shop that I frequented and made himself very visible talking audibly about certain areas that were my interest.<p>I'm a very outgoing person so after over-hearing him by the second or third encounter there, I approached him or he approached me by asking to share a table. Don't fully remember.<p>After several meetings, he tried to goad me into saying things which were utterly antisemitic and anti-Israel. So I started to suspect something was off and those days I had a very good memory and I started noticing some contradictory stories from meetings to meetings.<p>So suspecting something was wrong, I dropped all contact. Then he started calling me and asking me why I'm not coming to the coffee shop anymore and used other phone numbers that were not identified as his to try to call me.<p>After a while of ignoring him, he stopped calling. But, the whole experience was rather strange and made me realize how easy it is for the Israelis to run a spy network (or a soft spy network) in the open.<p>So when I see stories like these, I'm not only not surprised but I'm wondering why there are not more of these published on the press.<p>edit some related news:<p>1 - An Israeli spy firm was reportedly hired to dig up dirt on ex-Obama aides involved in the Iran deal<p>- <a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/7/17327278/ben-rhodes-black-cube-iran-deal" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/7/17327278/ben-rhodes-black...</a><p>2 - UK campaign to smear Corbyn. Note, the source here might be a biased here as they're fighting what they perceived to be Israeli occupation<p>- <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/new-challenge-israels-effort-undermine-jeremy-corbyn" rel="nofollow">https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/new-chal...</a><p>3 - Additional reporting on Israeli spying on American citizens<p>- <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/how-israel-spies-on-us-citizens/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenation.com/article/how-israel-spies-on-us-cit...</a>