Borat outfoxes Mossad official
2008-07-07 21:14
Jerusalem - A former Mossad official says he was the target of the latest undercover operation by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher says he was invited to be interviewed for what was supposed to be a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Alpher says he was led down a winding staircase and through long corridors to the interview site in Jerusalem.
He says he realised something was amiss when he saw the interviewer - a man claiming to be a German rock star dressed in leather and studs.
The interrogator compared the Mideast conflict to the spat between actor Brad Pitt's former and current wives. Alpher says only later did he learn that the man was Cohen's latest character: Bruno.
Cohen's other characters include aspiring rapper Ali G and the anti-Semitic Kazakh journalist, Borat.
- AP