In the wake of the accusation by Chas Freeman that his nomination to
lead the National Intelligence Council was derailed by an “Israeli
lobby,” a forthcoming memoir by another distinguished ambassador adds
stunning new charges to the debate. The ambassador, John Gunther Dean,
writes that over the years he not only came under pressure from
pro-Israeli groups and officials in Washington but also was the target
of an Israeli-inspired assassination attempt in 1980 in Lebanon, where
he had opened links to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
