The Architect of Espionage: The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad with Samuel Katz | WorldNow

January 14, 2026 – How did Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, come to be one of the world’s most notorious and prominent players in global intelligence? Just look to Meir Dagan, the Mossad’s former director who transformed the service into the leading force in counterterrorism and espionage it is today.

Samuel Katz, bestselling author of The Architect of Espionage: The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad into the World’s Boldest Intelligence Force, joins WorldNow with Jim Falk to introduce us to the former Mossad director.

Katz gives us an inside look at Dagan’s leadership and the operations carried out during his tenure, including counterterrorism efforts, covert missions related to Iran’s nuclear program, and expanded intelligence cooperation with international partners – and how he transformed modern espionage and the Middle East.

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