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category: Other
summary: Lieutenant Colonel in Israeli Military Intelligence who commanded Unit 8206's
  code-breaking department and recruited Ari Ben-Menashe.
tags:
- Person
---

Lieutenant Colonel [Sasson Yishaek](/people/sasson-yishaek/), also known as Lt. Col. Sasson, was a key figure in [Israeli](/places/israel/) Military Intelligence. He was the number-two person in the code-breaking department of [Unit 8200](/organizations/unit-8200/) and later became its commander, replacing [Col. Yirador](/people/reuben-yirador/).[^1]

[Lt. Col. Sasson](/people/sasson-yishaek/) recruited [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) into Military Intelligence in 1973, offering him a special position in connection with his military service. He was involved in the incident where [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) broke the [Iranian](/places/iran/) diplomatic code. He also court-martialed [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) for insubordination when [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) refused an assignment to the [Rome](/places/rome/) listening station, a decision that was later overruled by the Director of Military Intelligence.[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 19th, 1992.