Israel's security chief denies that he quit over a cover-up
"Never was a calumny so odious." Brimming with indignation, the statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's office had the ring of Menachem Begin's personal rhetoric. For the fifth time in 24 hours, the government had issued an outraged denial of an allegation that had the potential for a major political blowup. The object of the Begin government's wrath was a published charge that the chief of the General Security Service, Israel's equivalent of the FBI, had resigned to protest a possible obstruction...
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