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In a filing to the Supreme Court, NSO said it should be recognized as a foreign government agent and therefore be entitled to immunity under US law limiting law
by O__________O 4y ago
In a filing to the Supreme Court, NSO said it should be recognized as a foreign government agent and therefore be entitled to immunity under US law limiting lawsuits against foreign countries.
Curious, did a government step forward to agree with NSO that it should be recognized as a foreign government agent? If so, is this publicly documented, and more importantly, is it material to the case?
- KptMarchewa 4y agoThe opposite.
- cogman10 4y agoAs the DoJ points out, the NSO needs to argue which government they represent (and they have not) which makes it silly to claim immunity. The NSO is basically saying "just trust us, we represent a government or two".
- Seam0nkey 4y agoThe second half of paragraph 2 on page 7 of the brief: >And no foreign state has supported NSO’s claim to immunity; indeed, NSO has not even identified the states for which it claims to have acted as an agent.
- encryptluks2 4y ago
- tptacek 4y agoMaybe you should say the quiet part out loud, instead of having us guess at what you mean by the innuendo.
- mwerd 4y agoIsrael, where NSO group is headquartered, surely.
- compsciphd 4y agoexcept, that's probably not their claim. their claim is that they are agents for their client states (which in none (or at least the vast majority) of the publicized cases) has been Israel. i.e. it was state sponsored espionage, where they were the state's agent (be it saudi, or any other state). Personally, I don't see how this claim works, if a foreign govt pays someone to spy, that person still goes to jail if they get caught. also as the justice dept came out against their claim, it would seem they dont really have much of anyone "in their pocket".