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U.S. Customs Service agent involved in the Hashemi sting operation targeting Israeli intelligence arms sales to Iran. |
Joe King was a U.S. Customs agent working out of the strategic unit based in the World Trade Center in Manhattan. He was involved in the Hashemi sting operation, which was designed to entrap individuals connected with Israel intelligence arms sales to Iran.1
Joe King and his partner, Romeo, contacted Cyrus Hashemi and contrived an illegal frame-up. Cyrus Hashemi was to be the bait and the trap, allowing his phone to be tapped and himself to be wired. Joe King was also present at Cyrus Hashemi London apartment shortly before Cyrus Hashemi was found dead, a death attributed to a sudden case of virulent leukemia, though Israel intelligence suspected foul play.1
Footnotes
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎