Retired Lt. Gen. Guy Nir, former head of the police intelligence division, had previously warned of the establishment of the police cyber division, according to a document Snir sent a few years ago to the then head of the police investigations and intelligence division, Mani Yitzhaki, who came to Israel Today.
In a document containing correspondence between the two from 2015-2014, Nir warned of the dangers of bringing in cyber and signet personnel from the military.
"They come with a vision of the IDF and the Mossad. They run without looking right and left."
The exposure comes against the background of the wiretapping affair of the Israeli cyber company NSO, which according to a report published this morning - followed many elements in Israel, including politicians, businessmen, CEOs of government ministries and social protest activists.
Part of the correspondence between the former head of the police intelligence division, Guy Nir, and the head of the police investigation and intelligence division, Mani Yitzhaki,
Nir has previously appeared before the Knesset's Interior Committee, saying that the police need technological tools to fight serious crime, but noted that it must obtain all the necessary permits from the legislature to operate them.
"Time and time again we find that the police are using such and other tools that are lacking in supervision, making these tools illegal," he said.
A former senior police official, who was under investigation by former Prime Minister MK Benjamin Netanyahu, told Israel Today: "I am shocked by the recent publications.
All the investigations I know were conducted in accordance with orders and approvals of the courts. "On the establishment of a government commission of inquiry, the senior official added:" Perhaps they will find a fault here-fault there.
Retired Lt. Gen. Guy Nir,
Asked if a police officer or a group of police officers could act on their own, the senior official replied: "Everything is conceivable, including the possibility that things were done by NSO employees themselves. After all, they give the police support."
The senior official also referred to the affair, saying that "it is clear to everyone the timing of the publication of things, so it is good that they check there from what has been published and that they inform the public as soon as possible."
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