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I Was Detained In Lebanon as an Israeli Spy

🕑 Added 2024-08-10 18:00:08 +0000 UTC

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Trillo

Really glad you got out of this okay, sounds terrifying! When I first went to Lebanon a few years ago I very stupidly took a photo of one of those little red and white military posts by the port as the soldier stood there wasn't looking my way. Turned out a jogger wasn't far behind me and he stopped me and called the soldier over. Luckily all that happened was the soldier gave me a serious telling off and made me delete the picture. I also had an amazing few months in Lebanon so I'm glad this didn't ruin your impression of the country. I'm really excited to see the new series, I'm sure it will bring back some great memories. Cheers :)

Rare Earth

Good question! It's tough to answer because first off - I don't know. I have no way to know. But my gut tells me that it is likely a combination of: A) police bragging about their situation and excusing their having to detain me a bit, inflating numbers B) they certainly do catch a fair number of spies, witting or unwitting - for example, a fairly common action to get intel I was told about is the hiring of people to do photoshoots, by foreign companies, in semi-sensitive locations for otherwise ostensibly ok stuff. Let's say a fashion shoot or similar. The participants don't even know they're spying, but they still end up doing the bidding of someone antagonistic to the country. With Lebanon experiencing the worst economic crisis of recorded history right now, not to mention the sectarianism, it isn't particularly complicated to find people with axes to grind and a need for cash. I'm certain there is a fair amount of that being exposed, both in reality and also unjustly against innocent people who don't have a good enough alibi.

Lady Sixa

Anyone else wondering if we need to start a special fund for "Evan's international legal expenses." Glad you made it home safe though.

Alice LWatson

Evan, you are brave guy to keep it together while being arrested. I so glad you made it safely home. Do you really thing Lebanon is identifying 2-3 spies a week? That seems high, but then I don't know much.

Dinotrakker

What an insane story. Glad you made it home safe and looking forward to this season.

larry82

Unscripted, almost uncut and so entertaining. Just gold to me 👌

Nancy Reid

And THIS is why you are a story teller.

Frederic Rich

I absolutely loved that format. I obviously do not hope that you'll find yourselves in more crazy situations, but the way you're telling that story is amazing. If there's a way for that format to return, along with your regular format, and without causing too much trouble, that would be really nice.