If there are no last-minute changes, the investigation team set up in the NSO affair will tomorrow (Sunday) submit the findings of the police investigation to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Internal Security Amar Bar-Lev and Police Commissioner Ran Yaakov Shabtai.
The team is expected to determine that it is not really found in the allegations raised in the "Calcalist" investigation.
In recent days, the police have carried out repeated checks on allegations raised in the investigation, according to which the police illegally infiltrated civilians' mobile phones.
Israel Today has learned that in light of the findings of the investigation, the police commissioner will recommend to the political echelon not to establish a state commission of inquiry.
A source in the law enforcement system said today in a conversation with "Israel Today" that "there is no basis for the allegations that arose in the investigation."
He said, "The police began to breathe a sigh of relief after many days in which the Investigations and Intelligence Division was under widespread public attack."
A senior police source added: "We said this from the first moment. There was no defect. We also called on Calcalist this week to reveal the findings to us, but so far we have not been given anything. There is no need for a state commission of inquiry."
According to the source, "The issue of wiretapping in the Signet Brigade has been disabled for a week following the investigation and only works in life-saving cases. It already harms and delays the war on crime in general and in the Arab sector in particular.
"If a state commission of inquiry is set up, it will hurt the police's critical intelligence capability."
The source noted that the establishment of a state commission of inquiry would also constitute a moral blow to police officers.
As far as is now known, the investigation revealed that Shlomo Pilber's phone call - up to the state in the 4000 case - was made through a legal order, but due to what is defined as a "technological side effect", materials that were not transferred to the investigators in the case were extracted from the phone.
It was also found that there was an attempt to penetrate Iris Elovich's phone as well.
In contrast to Pilber's success, Elowitz's experience was unsuccessful, despite a court order approving the hearing.
No response was received from Calcalist until the date of publication of the article.
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