Image: A masked Lebanese secret service officer shows a can of motor oil used to camouflage electronic devices that was found with arrested Lebanese nationals accused of spying for Israel. JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/GettyFrom Time Magazine:
The captured espionage equipment on display at Lebanese police headquarters on Monday was hardly the stuff of James Bond's Q lab — just a small collection of computers, passports and electronic gear that would have looked at home in an Internet café. But then a Lebanese security agent, masked to hide his identity from the pack of journalists invited to view the spy trove, pulled away the top of a bright orange watercooler to reveal a hidden disc-shaped device, which officials explained had been used to transmit video surveillance to Israel of secret locations linked to Hizballah.
The arrest last month of two alleged spies captured along with the equipment — a retired Lebanese state security officer and his wife — marked the beginning of a purge of what Lebanese authorities are calling Israeli sleeper cells. So far, authorities claim to have closed down nine cells, arresting 26 people — including a police officer and his wife this past weekend.
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My Comment: Everyone expects Hezbollah to control the Lebanese Government after the next elections .... spy busts like this are only used and publicized by Hezbollah to make sure that this publicity helps them to achieve this goal.