Israel: New Turkish Intelligence Chief May Disclose Israeli Secrets to Iran

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday voiced concern that the appointment of new Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, who is close to Iran, could result in Tehran gaining access to Israeli secrets. "In recent weeks a man who is a supporter of Iran was appointed to head Turkey's Mossad. There are a fair number of our secrets that are in [Turkish] hands. The thought that in the past two months they could have been open to the Iranians is quite disturbing," Barak said.


2010-08-02 10:03:43

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