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"The guards taking him there had no idea who he was or what he'd done. What they did know was that the cell had been purpose designed and built for one previous occupant -- the assassin of former PM Yitzhak Rabin," Yigal Amir.An unidentified prison service officer said:
The individual "is simply a person without a name and without an identity who is placed in complete and absolute isolation from the outside world."
"We don't know if he gets visits, or if anyone even knows he's even in jail. There is confidentiality surrounding the detainee in every respect."
Information leaked. Media reports followed. Australian-Israeli Mossad agent Ben Zygier was Prisoner X. He was Victoria Jewish Community Council executive director Geoffrey Zygier's son.
His Australian passport identified him as Ben Allen. What did Australia's government know about him and when?
Why was it silent about his secret indictment, trial and imprisonment? Why did it do nothing to help? Why did it suppress information about his death? Why did it do nothing to save him?
According to its Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bob Carr, Israeli authorities informed its ambassador about an Australian national in their custody."
Allegedly he didn't tell Canberra. Saying so doesn't wash. He's obligated to keep his government fully informed.
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