I have been wanting to write an article on the business of trust for some time. I wanted to outline how trust is often misplaced, and more often than not there is no trust to be had in the intelligence world or any world for that matter.
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One of those issues is the speculation surrounding how the assassins got into the victims room. Since this key surveillance footage has not been shown, all we have is speculation on what actually took place at the critical moment of the operation itself.
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The recent murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai has many people discussing whether it was right or wrong to have done. However I wont really go into any of that here. What I would like to concentrate on are the way the job was carried out, the mistakes I see that were made in the operation, and finally, the end results and what the future possibly holds for those involved. So far I have not seen much in the way of a discussion on the merits of the hit team or the mistakes they made. I read on another blog that the mission was probably acted on or commenced in haste. I however disagree with that. I do not believe it was carried out in haste, rather I think it was planned well in advance, and was also the result of betrayal by someone close to Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, possibly even someone very high up in his inner circle.
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