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The Spy Cables are a series of leaked documents from global intelligence agencies that were published by Al Jazeera and The Guardian in 2015. The documents date from 2006 to December 2014 and are largely derived from communications between South Africa's State Security Agency and various agencies.

Contents

Agencies included in the leaks include Israel's Mossad, Russia's FSB, and agencies from France, Jordan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service, the United States, and countries in Africa.

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Specific revelations

  • The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad contradicted the Prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Iran was a year away from making a nuclear weapon. A report written by Mossad said that Iran was “not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons”.
  • The United States's Central Intelligence Agency tried to contact Hamas even though they were banned from doing so.
  • The leader of the environmental group Greenpeace was targeted by South Korean intelligence agencies.
  • The President of the United States, Barack Obama “threatened” the Palestinian president to withdraw Palestine's attempt for recognition at the United Nations.
  • South African intelligence spied on Russia over a controversial $100m joint satellite deal.
  • South African and Ethiopian agencies accused Sudan of 2012 plot to kill African Union Commission's chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Addis Ababa.
  • South Africa accused Israel of using El Al Airlines as cover for its intelligence agencies.
  • On June 28, 2012, a group claiming to be former Mossad agents threatened South Africa with cyber attack against country's banking and financial sectors, if the government didn't intervene with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
  • On July 30, 2012 Mossad requested detailed information on Mohamed Morsi, who had just been elected the President of Egypt.

    • References

    Spy Cables Wikipedia
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