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Official investigation. in a written statement black cube said it has no relations whatsoever to the trump administration, to anyone close to the administration, or to the iran nuclear deal and that anyone suggesting that black cube is targeting u.s. officials is misleading their readers and viewers. well, we never said black cube is targeting current u.s. officials but described how it targeted former u.s. officials. so were glad were not misleading you. coming up, an interview with a former mo...

Achieved israel and iran traded strikes over syria. yatom thinks further escalation isnt out of the question. >> it will be rolling escalation until it might explode. >> so you think there is a possibility now that there could be a war in the middle east. >> we have to take it into consideration. even though all the participants do not want war today, but it might escalate and deteriorate to a war due to the exchange of blows between us and iranians. >> like many retired israeli intelligence off...

Israel and iran are at war. this is a low-intensity conflict. but this is a war. >> the scary thing about prime minister nentd hew is he clearly believes that now is the time to initiate a war because he thinks hell be able to drag the u.s. in with him. >> reporter: sought mossad found intelligence and prime minister netanyahu and president trump used it to justify tearing up the iran deal. and while you digest that, coming up, another spy story. our investigation into black cube and how it targ...

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 ...

Much to hide, but it is also not okay with us that some firm is trying to use the fact that we care about our daughters elementary schooling to try to gain access to us and somehow, you know, its just not okay. >> reporter: the lady who wrote to the kahls was offering a generous donation to their daughters school. but they suspected it was too good and too strange to be true and cut off the e-mail exchange. but that wasnt the only way that black cube was coming after the former officials. >> as ...

You cannot think people of the ministry of justice in israel or people of ministry of defense in israel do not know exactly the same knowledge as yours and mine about the activity of black cube. if there is something which is wrong they should take action. >> what is this doing for the reputation of israel? >> unfortunately, im not sure that it does well to the reputation of the state of israel. we have to have very clear distinctions between what is permitted and what is not permitted. there sh...

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 ...

The whole thing is. but if you exist in that world, youre used to it. if you dont exist in that world and youre reading it or seeing it on tv for the first time, its like mind-blowing. >> youre looking to find weaknesses so you can hurt people. >> yeah. >> exploiting weaknesses is black cubes special specialty. on its sleek website it promises that its team of veterans from israeli elite intelligence units specializes in things like harvesting in the cyber world and a can-do dynamic approach to ...

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 ...