Should Israel have a bomb? Is a governmental policy of ambiguity tenable in a domestic society? What are a newspaper"s responsibilities towards an informer? This book raises these and other questions. It traces Vanunu"s personal history, and looks at how and why a low-level technician was able to provide such a scoop. It considers the implications the case has had f or Israel"s intelligence community, the Arab-Israeli balance of power and Iraq"s nuclear development. Cohen also unravels the mysteries surrounding the affair and its diplomatic consequences.