03 — GUIDE
What Does Mossad Do?
The encyclopedia summarizes Mossad's documented mandate under three headings: overseas collection, covert action and liaison. This guide explains each activity, how the public record supports it and where attribution rules apply.
Evidence Assessment
The overall mandate and the public outline of major events.
Much operational attribution for covert action.
Key Facts
- Collection:
- Overseas intelligence collection
- Covert action:
- Documented and attributed operations, labeled by evidence
- Liaison:
- Coordination with allied services
- Evidentiary rule:
- Location alone is not evidence of a Mossad operation
Collection
Overseas collection is the institution's core, familiar role: reporting on political, security and strategic developments outside Israel. The public record supports the function itself; specific operations require their own evidence assessment.
Covert action
Covert activity appears throughout the encyclopedia with careful labels. Cases range from the documented Eichmann capture to cyber disclosures whose authorship is attributed in reporting without official confirmation.
Liaison
Liaison with allied services is documented through diplomatic and intelligence relationships covered in the source families, while the precise detail of current cooperation is generally outside the public record.