Shin Bet torture. A 1995 official report by Miriam Ben-Porat, made public in 2000, showed that Shin Bet "routinely" went beyond the "moderate physical pressure" authorised by the Landau Commission. In the report, Israel admitted for the first time that Palestinian detainees were tortured during the First Intifada, between 1988 and 1992. In 1995, the Shin Bet failed to protect the Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical Yigal Amir. Shin Bet had discovered Amir's plans, and a Shin Bet agent was sent to monitor Amir, and reported that Amir was not a threat. Following the assassination,
Agents of Atlas a copy of the "What if?" story and found the cover "intriguing". The team made a brief appearance in "The Resistance", an eight-page story that was part of the Secret Invasion crossover story arc. Parker and editor Paniccia said in July 2008, that the former will write an "Agents of Atlas" ongoing series which is one of the titles launching as part of the Dark Reign storyline. That series ended after eleven issues but the title relaunches as part of the "Heroic Age" under the title "Atlas" because, according to Parker, it not only makes for a smaller logo but