---
category: Foreign Government
location: Canberra, Australia
start: 1949
summary: The Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) is Australia's domestic
  intelligence service that, after The Sydney Morning Herald alerted it to Oscar Guerrero's
  attempt to sell Mordecai Vanunu's Dimona photographs, passed the information through
  ASIS to Israel.
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Australia
- Intelligence
---

The [Australian Security Intelligence Organization](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-organization/) (ASIO) is [Australia's](/places/australia/) internal intelligence service. It was informed by *The Sydney Morning Herald* about [Oscar Guerrero's](/people/oscar-guerrero/) attempt to sell photographs of [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear facility, provided by [Mordecai Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/). [ASIO](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-organization/) then passed this information to the [Australian Security Intelligence Service](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-service/) (ASIS), who informed [Israel](/places/israel/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.