Beirut, SAEDNEWS: The husband of a former Mossad chief's flight attendant mistress has accused him of leaking state secrets and boasting about undercover operations.
Guy Shiker has claimed ex-spy boss Yossi Cohen, 60, told him and his then-wife how he was recruited to the Israeli spy agency, how the organisation had tracked an Arab leader's doctor and that he often pretended to be an Arab tour guide as cover.
Cohen revealed he fired six division heads in a ruthless clear out of those who were not loyal to him when he became agency chief in June 2016 and described a 30-hour trip to Chad to New York which took place as then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also visiting the African nation.
'He told lots of stories, including about Mossad... he's a blabbermouth. He started telling me that Mossad was "sitting" on a doctor of a well-known Arab leader,' Shiker told Channel 13's investigative program HaMakor.
Cohen allegedly revealed the top secret information during several meetings at the couple's Tel Aviv home in 2018, while he was head of Mossad. He served as director of the spy agency until June 2021.
And in signs the relationship went both ways, Shiker asked Cohen to get the agency to hire his secretary, a 23-year-old woman, and station her in Bangkok - which he did.
Shiker claimed Cohen told him he had fired six of Mossad's top brass after being appointed director of the organisation in June 2016.
'He told me, "When I was appointed to be Mossad chief, listen carefully, within 10 days, I fired six [top officials]… because they weren’t loyal to the system. They weren’t good. They thought I was their best friend when we were equals. The moment I was appointed [I fired them], without mercy."'
Shiker also reportedly embarrassed Cohen after the deputy director of Mossad discovered he knew details of the spy chief's movement.
The report claimed the development forced Cohen to appease Shiker by agreeing to hire his personal assistant.
Cohen later sought private information about Shiker, discovering that his lover's husband had previously sought to work for Mossad. It is not clear what he did with this information.
Shiker is a financial manager in Tel Aviv and is reportedly well-known in the Israeli capital market (Source: Daily Mail).
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