Netanyahu and Elowitz's defense teams attacked the State Attorney's Office this evening (Sunday) in light of their announcement earlier today that there was no one who followed him without an order as part of the investigations into Netanyahu's cases.
"The prosecution admits that it spied on civilians. The wiretapping orders issued in this case are known to the defense. None of them authorized the police to use spyware," they said.
They also wrote that "the accuser has not yet answered the question of who the spies were, the actions taken, what they did, when they were carried out, under which permits if any and so on. ".
The State Attorney's Office announced earlier today that "in recent weeks, the Israel Police has conducted comprehensive inspections, technological and other, in relation to all the factors investigated in the investigation files related to the investigation files known as 1000, 2000 and 4000, and examined whether wiretapping orders were issued or requested." To, beyond the orders contained in the investigation materials;
We will also check whether actions have been taken against the telephone numbers belonging to all those parties. "
The State Attorney's Office stated that about 1,500 telephone numbers had been examined, both with regard to "normal" wiretapping activity and with regard to the use of advanced technologies.
"According to the information provided by the competent bodies of the Israel Police, the inspections revealed that no actions were taken regarding persons whose case was not issued, and that there are no additional investigative materials in the case, except for materials related to Israeli police methods and means," the State Attorney's Office noted.
The announcement also clarified that as part of an investigation by the Securities Authority's Investigations, Intelligence and Trade Control Department, it was found that "the Authority did not make any use of spyware, directly or indirectly through the Israel Police, in its investigation files, including this file."
All this, in parallel with an investigation carried out by a team headed by the Deputy Attorney General, Adv. Amit Merri, with the assistance of technology experts regarding information raised as part of journalistic investigations into the use of NSO software.
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