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  • noun the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency

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Examples

  • To counter such threats the Israelis have formed a special millennium task force, uniting police officers, agents of the domestic secret service known as Shin Bet and members of Mossad, the overseas intelligence service.

    Millennium Madness 2008

  • The Israel Security Agency, better known as Shin Bet, eventually worked out a deal with Blau where he returned his documents and was promised they wouldn't be used to incriminate him or his sources.

    Pajamas Media P. David Hornik 2010

  • The Israel Security Agency, better known as Shin Bet, eventually worked out a deal with Blau where he returned his documents and was promised they wouldn't be used to incriminate him or his sources.

    Pajamas Media P. David Hornik 2010

  • Israeli chiefs of military intelligence, the Shin Bet and other defense officials told Netanyahu's security cabinet on December 9 that the stalled peace process has led to a dangerous vacuum "into which a number of different states are putting their own initiatives, none of which are in Israel's favor."

    Henry Siegman: Imposing Middle East Peace 2010

  • Seeking to suppress discussion of the scandal, Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, secured a gag order on the media from an apparent rubber stamp judge who had spent almost her entire career in military courts.

    Inside the Media Blackout in the Middle East's Only Democracy 2010

  • Seeking to suppress discussion of the scandal, Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, secured a gag order on the media from an apparent rubber stamp judge who had spent almost her entire career in military courts.

    Max Blumenthal: Inside the Media Blackout in the Middle East's Only Democracy 2010

  • Levanon joined the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange in 1986 as chief information officer, after 12 years managing the computer division of the Israeli security service Shin Bet.

    Next Week's Guest: Ester Levanon Chris Barth 2010

  • Dagan competes for scarce resources and influence with Israel's Military Intelligence and Shin Bet, among others.

    Iran’s Worst Enemy 2009

  • I was detained, interrogated, and tortured for several hours by Shin Bet and border officers.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: A Journalist Beaten -- One Year Later 2009

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: A Journalist Beaten -- One Year Later 2009

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