By Alfon's telling, Israel's draconian Shin Bet security agency had "disappeared" one reporter - Anat Kamm - and caused another - Uri Blau - to flee the country.
In April, the public learned that towards the end of her IDF service, a secretary in the office of the commander of Central Command named Anat Kamm copied some 2, 000 highly secret documents onto her zip drive.
When the gag order was revoked last Thursday, Israelis - and any foreigners who were interested - learned that Anat Kamm, a reporter hired by the Walla Web portal when it was partly owned by Haaretz, had been under house arrest for four months.