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FBI confirms purchasing Pegasus spyware, but denies using it
Times Of Israel ^
| 2/2/2022
| TOI Staff
Posted on 02/02/2022 8:50:42 PM PST by Nextrush
In a statement to the Guardian, the Us intelligence agency says it bought a license from NSO Group for 'product testing and evaluation only' and not 'operational use'
The FBI confirmed on Wednesday that it had purchased Pegasus spyware from Israel's NSO Group, but denied ever using it during an operation.
In a statement to the Guardian, the FBI said it purchased the powerful cellphone hacking software in order to "stay abreast of emerging technologies and tradecraft." The US security agency said it bought a "limited license" to use Pegasus for "product testing and evaluation only," and said "there was no operational use (of the software) in support of any investigation."
News that the FBI had purchased the notorious spyware from NSO was first reported by The New York Times last week..
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Israel
KEYWORDS: arrestrobertmueller; christopherwray; fbi; fbiliars; illegalsurveillance; israel; january6; nsogroup; pegasus; phonehacking; robertmueller; software; spyware
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To: Nextrush
As I was leaving the grocery store last night I glimpsed at the front page of a newspaper on the rack. It said something about a NSO group offering bags of money to a cellular company for data on their customers. I think it might have been a Washington Post paper, but not sure.
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posted on
02/03/2022 2:19:13 AM PST
by
A child of Yah
(I once was lost, but now I'm found, twas grace that set me free ... thank you LORD)
To: Radix
My thoughts exactly. Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks this way.
To: Nextrush
Yeah and the honorable people at FIB would not lie unless they are caught or need evidence.
Rotten to the core, top to bottom. All the agents with any morals have left.
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posted on
02/03/2022 4:20:04 AM PST
by
eartick
(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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posted on
02/03/2022 4:22:53 AM PST
by
eartick
(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
To: Nextrush
The Feebs don’t use it but I’ll bet that the CIA absolutely loves it.
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posted on
02/03/2022 4:32:06 AM PST
by
JerseyDvl
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Nextrush
Oh. Didn’t use it.
Sure, Sure......
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posted on
02/03/2022 5:14:57 AM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: Reno89519
What they mean by Operation
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posted on
02/03/2022 5:22:22 AM PST
by
xp38
To: Billthedrill
Therefore skirting the FOIA because Private Entities are exempt.
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posted on
02/03/2022 6:40:38 AM PST
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: Nextrush
They bought it so the See Eye Ay agents assigned to the Eff Be Eye had something to do when not texting their GF on government issued cell phones.
Such honorable folks
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posted on
02/03/2022 1:57:55 PM PST
by
VRWCarea51
(The Original 1998 Version)
To: Nextrush
It depends on what your definition of “use” is.
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02/04/2022 8:00:40 AM PST
by
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posted on
02/04/2022 10:36:53 AM PST
by
SJackson
(I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
To: Chode
So they admit to wasting money????
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posted on
02/04/2022 10:39:48 AM PST
by
rdl6989
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To: Nextrush
If they keep this up, they’ll save the art of a good hand written letter.
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posted on
02/04/2022 10:43:40 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: rdl6989
it surely looks like it... better get the OIG on it ASAP!!!
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posted on
02/04/2022 10:45:07 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Nextrush
And he got land to sell….
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posted on
02/04/2022 12:11:50 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: Billthedrill
So no one connects their having this tracking spyware with how they managed to locate over 700 January Sixers with such uncharacteristic speed and efficiency? Guess we have to chalk that up to superior detective skills motivated by the agency's impartial devotion to justice...
Bwahahaha! Sorry - I momentarily confused the old Efram Zimbalist Jr. show with reality.
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posted on
02/04/2022 4:54:59 PM PST
by
MikelTackNailer
(Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
To: Nextrush
They didn’t inhale, either.
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posted on
02/04/2022 5:07:51 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every liberal is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: Nextrush
It looks so nice in Wray’s office he just had to have it.
L
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posted on
02/04/2022 5:10:14 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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