# Arnon Milchan

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*Israeli-American Hollywood producer and, per John Kiriakou, an Israeli super-spy and arms dealer for LAKAM; central to a Netanyahu corruption charge, and named in FBI documents alongside Netanyahu in the smuggling of U.S. nuclear secrets.*

- **Cover:** Hollywood producer (Pretty Woman, Fight Club, 12 Years a Slave)
- **Per Kiriakou:** Israeli super-spy for LAKAM

**Arnon Milchan** is the Israeli-American producer behind films such as *Pretty Woman*, *Fight Club* and *12 Years a Slave*, whom [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) describes as an Israeli super-spy and arms dealer working for LAKAM.[1][2] Kiriakou says the FBI had known for two decades that Milchan was an Israeli spy; after an operation was blown and a Hebrew-language interview cost him his rare ten-year U.S. visa, Milchan went to [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/benjamin-netanyahu), who lobbied Secretary of State [John Kerry](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kerry) three times to restore it, the basis of one of Netanyahu's corruption charges.[3] Kiriakou adds that FBI documents obtained under the [Freedom of Information Act](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/freedom-of-information-act) place both Milchan and Netanyahu personally in the smuggling of U.S. [nuclear secrets](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/israeli-nuclear-program).[4]

## See also

- [Israeli Nuclear Program](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/israeli-nuclear-program)
- [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/benjamin-netanyahu)

## Sources

1. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 32:03. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=1923s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/
2. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 32:34. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=1954s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/
3. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 33:06. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=1986s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/
4. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 33:36. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=2016s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/

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