Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight J. Porter revealed that he had listened to radio transcripts that showed the Israelis knew they were attacking an American ship.
I was told that they were deep-sixed because the administration did not wish to embarrass the Israelis.”[5][6] He was the creator of espionage techniques used by the CIA during the Cold War in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, including the brush contact, a means by which an intelligence officer and his agent exchanged items in public places and the creation and manipulation of the gap, a small period of time where the intelligence officer or his agent were not under enemy surveillance.
[1] Since his retirement, Smith contributed Op-eds to local New England papers as well as The Boston Globe, the Hartford Courant, The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post.
He also wrote regularly for Nieman Watchdog and American Diplomacy and lectured around the Eastern U.S. on Russia, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, Terrorism and the intelligence process.
[citation needed] Smith died at his home in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, on June 25, 2024, at the age of 94, following a battle with COVID-19 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.