"The Beirut-based Arab language newspapers Al-Akhbar and A-Safir reported that the officer, who goes by the code name "Adib", was suspected of heading a spy ring that passed along information to Israeli intelligence." Israeli newspapers are so dumb sometimes, just like Israeli intelligence services. I mean look at the reference to the name Adib. No, it was not a code name. The man's name was Adib `Alam, get it?