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No one was immune: Israel Police Pegasus surveillance list revealed
- sorokod 5y agoHas the potential to invalidate the ongoing corruption trial of the previous prime minister Netanyahu - fruit of the poison tree and all that. The original news story: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928830,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928830...
- Bellamy 5y agoHope not. That guy should be committed of crimes against humanity.
- jsmith99 5y agoIsraeli law doesn't recognise that principal, perhaps because Israeli law derives from UK legal principles in places. See https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium-legal-experts-split-on-bill-barring-use-of-illegally-obtained-evidence-in-israel-1.10041473 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news... (AMP link but avoids paywall)
- sorokod 5y agoPerhaps, but the court of public opinion seems to already have made a decision.
- nadavwr 5y agoI seriously doubt that, and besides -- it is up to judges whether evidence are admitted, not public opinion.
- smorgusofborg 5y agoReminds me of Eliot Spitzer. An executive can't use corruption of process under them as a shield or all corrupt executives would rely on damage to due process to be unaccountable.
- sorokod 5y agoView from the outside https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/07/israel-state-inquiry-to-look-into-alleged-police-use-of-pegasus-spyware?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/07/israel-state-i...