After that, Israeli officials changed their story, labeling him "a low-level translator," another false claim that was picked up by some American journalists with close ties to Israel. The letters revealed that Ben-Menashe had served in "key positions" handling "complex and sensitive assignments."
In fall 1990, a New York jury acquitted Ben-Menashe after concluding that he indeed was working on official Israeli business in his transactions with Iran. But the Israeli government continued to work aggressively to discredit Ben-Menashe and destroy his reputation.
After his acquittal, Ben-Menashe also gave more interviews and provided testimony about secret dealings implicating the Israeli government and powerful Republicans in questionable or illegal activities. [For details, see Robert Parry's America's Stolen Narrative.]
Much of Ben-Menashe's complicated past and present are now elements that Montreal police must shift through -- along with the wreckage of Ben-Menashe's home -- as they try to solve last Sunday's mystery of a terror fire-bombing.
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