Mossad Muddle: 'Israel embarrassed as cover-up of 'Prisoner X' suicide fails'

The Israeli government has been forced to admit about the death of a man in custody, dubbed prisoner-X, who was linked to the country's Secret Service. The admission follows a report in the Australian press, which revealed a Melbourne man hanged himself in prison after months of being held in secret - over 2 years ago. The story had been originally hushed-up in the Israeli media, with the order reportedly coming from the very top. Columnist and senior correspondent for Israel's Haaretz newspaper, Amir Oren, says the entire situation is a source of embarrassment for the country. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/ij7klb RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark