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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min.) ; 168349791 bytes |
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It's a fiercely protected state secret in Israel. No-one dares speculate openly about the identity of an infamous mystery prisoner or even enquire about what he may have done. A blanket suppression order has been issued on The Case of Prisoner X, even after his equally mysterious death in custody. Who was he and what could he have possibly done to be jailed in a super-secure, stand-alone cell in a prison where his guards didn't even know his name? And what is it about the case that warrants a dramatic, all-points ban on coverage, even hinting that the ban itself didn't even exist. Now, some key answers as a Foreign Correspondent investigation follows a trail from Israel all the way to suburban Australia."The elusive X is being held for unspecified crimes and confined in total seclusion within a private wing of the maximum security prison." - Report, June 2010 'Telegraph' UKIn early 2010 a man was escorted to arguably the most secure prison cell in Israel. The guards taking him there had no idea who he was or what he'd done. What they did know was that the cell had been purpose designed and built for one previous occupant - the assassin of former PM Yitzhak Rabin."It is simply a person without a name and without an identity who is placed in complete and absolute isolation from the outside world. We don't know if he gets visits, or if anyone even knows he's even in jail. There is confidentiality surrounding the detainee in every respect." - Prison Service OfficerWhen word leaked about the mysterious inmate, Israeli media began to report and speculate but no sooner had a handful of stories been published, the coverage was shut down by one of the most comprehensive suppression orders conceivable.There would be one more blip of information that would sneak out. Prisoner X - held in a video-monitored, regularly checked, suicide proof cell - had killed himself.Who was Prisoner X and what had he done to end up secretly jailed in a high-tech cell and locked down under a nationwide media ban? Now, for the first time, some answers.In a protracted and painstaking investigation, Foreign Correspondent has amassed compelling evidence uncovering the identity of Prisoner X. It's a trail that leads all the way from Israel to Australia.Foreign Correspondent reveals that the man who died in Ayalon prison in 2010 was an Australian. It's a story that will send shockwaves around the world |
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Broadcast 2013-02-12 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Investigations.
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Leaks (Disclosure of information)
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Prisoners -- Death.
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Prisoners, Foreign -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Israel.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Bormann, Trevor, host
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Blum, Nomi, contributor
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Carr, Bob, contributor
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Reed, Warren, contributor
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Van Esveld, Bill, contributor
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