[LarryLied]

Some odd connections here. Barak's security advisor, Danny Yatom, is an associate of Arcadi Gaydamak who opened two bank accounts for Tokhtakhounov at Barclay's in Paris. Gaydamak and Tokhtakhounov were engaged in an Angolan oil pipeline deal. Danny Yatom introduced Gaydamak to Lev Leviev, Israel's largest diamond merchant, in 1999. Leviev now has a monopoly on Angolan diamonds.