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Naftali Bennett‘s first real test. Would he actually know or have a way to find out why Macron secrets are being traded to Pegasus clients, or even reign in th
by vmception 5y ago
Naftali Bennett‘s first real test.
Would he actually know or have a way to find out why Macron secrets are being traded to Pegasus clients, or even reign in the spyware industry at all?
Would the fragile coalition be able to handle this PM doing anything about it, or is this so far outside of their priority list that it doesn't matter and there is room for real reform?
- golergka 5y agoThey have an easy out: blame it on Bibi and promise change.
- google234123 5y agoIt's also a fair out.
- peteretep 5y ago> Would he actually know or have a way to find out why Macron secrets are being traded to Pegasus clients, or even reign in the spyware industry at all? I don’t think this would pass muster as an excuse if Israeli industry had been selling missiles to Morocco for use against France. Curious to see if it ends up being treated the same.
- dogma1138 5y agoFrance and Morocco have a very close relationship, this quite equivalent since spying isn’t treated in the same way as direct hostilities. If it was the EU would’ve fallen by now as I’ve lost a count of how many times states were caught spying on one another.
- vmception 5y agoRight, the main benefit/issue is that spyware and exploits are not seen as “munitions” anywhere, and as such, escape regulation or meaningful export controls.
- baybal2 5y agoActually, in Israel it is. Every Pegasus contract was cleared by the cabinet, and possibly Bibi himself.
- fmajid 5y agoAnd quite possibly in secret too, without the knowledge of the cabinet. Bennett and Gantz may well be saying the truth when they say they didn't know.
- peteretep 5y agoI think you’re right, but I think this will change
- mytailorisrich 5y agoI don't find anything extraordinary in the fact that foreign governments spy on Macron. In fact I would expect France to do the same to other countries, and I'm sure they do. These things make headlines when they are found by the public but they really are business as usual among governments. If anything, this only reflects badly on the French services themselves if the President's phone (I assume, or hope, private phone as they are supposed to have custom, secure phones for official business) got owned.