Former Commissioner of Police Roni Alshikh is considering filing a defamation suit against Calcalist in light of newspaper reports that during his tenure as commissioner, the police made illegal use of technological means in monitoring innocent civilians and government officials.
The police are also considering whether to file a lawsuit against the newspaper for violating public trust.
In light of the newspaper's publications, Alshikh became the target of an attack on social media and there were even those who called for his arrest.
Today, as stated in light of the prosecution's statement which contradicted the newspaper's investigation, Alsheikh informed his associates that he was considering filing a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.
Calcalist system response: "We will re-examine the claims"
The findings of the interim report of the investigation team headed by Deputy Attorney General Amit Merri require serious consideration and re-examination of the findings and allegations we published in Calcalist, and this was done. , Such a test has not yet been done.
When we finish it, we will not hesitate to repair as much as is required.
At the same time, the interim report completely validates Calcalist's exposure, according to which police use super-invasive offensive spyware to steal civilians' phones.
The orders given for wiretapping do not confer legal authority to operate such spyware, and a significant amendment of the law is needed.
The report also mentions another spyware besides that of NSO (whose name is not mentioned) which was also used by the police for this purpose.
"To the best of our knowledge, the determination in the interim report that most of the people mentioned on the list were not taped was based on technological testing, not on DIP's investigation into the spy operators. .
It is also important to say that the interim report deals exclusively with the Semitic list published in Calcalist.
As noted in his Sifa, the team has not yet examined many of the key issues raised in the investigations.
The wording of the report by the authors of the report itself indicates the problematic nature of these issues: "The police's occupation and handling of wiretapping ... "Are or have been used by the Israel Police, the existence of indications for exceeding authority, supervision and control in real time and in retrospect on all stages of police work in the field."
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