Posted on 03/06/2005 10:03:22 AM PST by dervish
Peter Malchin — Zvika to his friends — has left us, having died in a New York City rehabilitation center following a serious blood infection.
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That is how he became the greatest undercover agent of his generation, and perhaps the greatest ever.
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His most celebrated accomplishment was the capture of Adolph Eichmann in Buenos Aires. He was the invisible man who came up to the Nazi murderer on Garibaldi Street and whispered, "Un momentito, senor," and — his hands encased in gloves to avoid having to actually touch the monster — took him away. During the interrogation of Eichmann, awaiting the proper moment to fly him to his doom in Israel, Zvika started to sketch the captive on a map, and those sketches were subsequently framed and displayed around the world.
But Zvika's real ability, his great genius I would say, was not simply carrying out dangerous operations. Many have done that. Zvika was utterly unique in penetrating to the heart of intelligence problems, from the security of buildings to the seemingly incomprehensible mysteries of counter-intelligence. It is said that he organized the capture of nearly thirty Soviet agents in Israel, and I once asked him how he tracked them down. "I didn't track them at all," he chuckled. "I just asked myself, if I were a Russian spy, where would I be right now? And once I had that answer, I went there and waited for him. It wasn't hard to spot the guy."
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And another giant shadow warrior passes on....Vaya Con Dios, Mr. Malchin. You have certainly earned that journey. You taught many who were willing to listen. RIP
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H'mmmm. Yet this simple approach still eludes the CIA in finding Chinese espionage agents who are here by the thousands....
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RIP Mr. Malchin, hero of Israel!
Thousands??? Half the Chinese here are spying on us. (The other half are watching them)...
Israel am chai and rest in peace Zvika.
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