Israel Police, FBI officials call for more aggressive crime tech laws

There has been heavy criticism of the police’s use of one of NSO Group’s tools to hack suspects' cell phones and routinely collect data beyond what court orders stipulate.

Chief of police Kobi Shabtai, Minister of Public Security Omer Bar Lev and Israeli police officers at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem May 1, 2022.

(photo credit: ARIE LEIB ABRAMS/FLASH 90)

ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 18:44

Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2022 17:58

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