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>> yes. >> with fake identities, befriending people, pretending to be someone theyre not? >> theyre looking for back doors. theyre looking for vulnerability. theyre trying to find, is there someone i can approach and get close to? >> you have to cultivate relationships. >> you see this as an example. were interested in funding something at your childs school. >> that is exactly what happened to rebecca cull. >> i was approached via e-mail by a woman claiming to work for an equity firm in the u.k...

Glasses on in that clip you just showed, and ben rhodes. the idea was to go after these two former officials, try and find out whatever they could about them, big into their private lives with the idea of exposing whatever dirt they could unearth. not just to undermine the credit -- not to just discredit these two government officials, but to discredit a piece of legislation or a piece of diplomacy that they were involved in, which is the iran nuclear deal. so the ideal was, go back, target the ...

Disturbing to say the least. >> it certainly is. you mentioned harvey weinstein. that source was someone with direct knowledge of this operation, and he was hiding his identity because he was concerned about repercussions and his own safety. black cube did an operation for harvey weinstein. thats been well documented a t this stage. and harvweinstein hired this coy based in israel to find out information about his accusers and to manipulate his accusers, to throw them off of their goal, which wa...

Which showed that tlooez thighs two players and the fomenting of the iran deal were somewhat corrupt and underhanded. >> reporter: ben rhodes wife was also targeted. internal briefs we obtained show that black cube had collected information on both former officials, including intimate details about them and their families. >> do you have them? >> nice. at least they picked a good picture. yeah, this is essentially what was -- >> this is like your bio. thats my facebook profile picture. >> thats ...

Obama officials. when that cover was blown, black cubes involvement was revealed. last year in a rare appearance on israeli tv a black cube board member addressed the weinstein scandal. "of course we apologize," he said, "to whoever was hurt. its too bad," he added, "that we took that job." but if anything, it appears the scandal gave black cubes business a boost. the company recently moved its headquarters from this modest tel aviv office to the top floor of this gleaming tower. until recently ...

>> is that a quote? >> that is a quote. >> no one is suggesting of course that anyone close to the president personally commissioned the hit job. thats not the way that works. >> youll never find their name on a contract anywhere. obviously. because even like with harvey weinstein its his lawyer that signed the contract. so they can say he was never our client. you know. >> what were you told? >> i was told by someone familiar with it who i trust implicitly that, with a nudge and a wink, weve be...

Were like the -- i think the best trained elite force in the world. >> we are strong. >> reporter: actually, the woman who approached actress rose mcgowan pretending to be a womens rights advocate was no former mossad agent. she was instead an israeli actress. stella pen pahanek. this is her in a documentary from her time in the israeli air force. because she was born in serbia, she does not look or sound israeli, making her a perfect choice for undercover operations. shes been caught on camera ...

Welcome back to jerusalem. black cube. even the name suggests something impenetrable. but after a long search we managed to shine some light into that black box and speak to someone with direct knowledge of the companys operations and how it set out to destroy the reputations of former u.s. government officials. and guess what? this was also aimed at undermining the iran deal. even after he agreed to meet with us. >> how are you? richard engel. nice to meet you. thanks for doing this. >> reporte...

>> why are you disguising your identity? >> because this is an incredibly toxic story that spans the globe. there are so many actors in the story who might react badly to someone who speaks out and exposes whats been going on here. >> what do you mean? >> without trying to sound too paranoid, it could be anything, from going after you personally, making things difficult for your family, or just putting you in the glare of the spotlight. >> reporter: this is the first time for anyone with direct ...

Youre looking for vulnerability. youre trying to find is there someone i can approach and get close to? >> youve got to cultivate a relationship. >> you say in this example were interested in funding something at your childs school. >> reporter: that is exactly what happened to rebecca caul. >> i was approached via e-mail by a woman claiming to work for an equity firm in the uk that was really interested in talking with me about our daughters school. >> reporter: actually, the e-mails were from ...