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category: Other
summary: Israeli civilian cryptographer and head of the Iranian desk in Unit 8200
  who played a key role in Ari Ben-Menashe's intelligence career.
tags:
- Person
---

[Shulamit Ingerman](/people/shulamit-ingerman/) was a civilian cryptographer and head of the [Iranian](/places/iran/) desk in [Unit 8200](/organizations/unit-8200/), an [Israeli](/places/israel/) Signals Intelligence (Sigint) unit. She was recognized as one of [Israel's](/places/israel/) best cryptographers, having won the highest award for contributions to [Israel's](/places/israel/) security twice.[^1]

[Ingerman](/people/shulamit-ingerman/) introduced [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) to the [Iranian](/places/iran/) team of six within [Unit 8200](/organizations/unit-8200/). She was called by [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) when he successfully broke the [Iranian](/places/iran/) diplomatic code. She later intervened to obtain a pardon for [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) after he was court-martialed for insubordination by [Lt. Col. Sasson Yishaek](/people/sasson-yishaek/).[^1]

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