Veteran Israeli journalist, Amir Oren, posted a series of tweets revealing news even more troubling than we’ve been reading about NSO Group. We thought we were dealing with a runaway Israeli company wreaking havoc among human rights activists, political dissidents and even national leaders in 50 countries. But it’s far worse than that. Where do […]
Israeli Malware Company, NSO Group, Beset by Lawsuits, Board Resignations, Failed Cyber-Hack of U.S. Journalist
Things are not looking up for NSO Group, to say the least. It’s the world’s leading Black Hat cyber-security company. Its Pegasus malware is the most-advanced hacking tool in the world. It has been used by as many as 40 intelligence agencies, many working for repressive regimes, to seize control of cell phones belonging to […]
Israeli Intelligence Budget Nearly Doubles in Past Decade Under Netanyahu
Haaretz reports Israel’s two main intelligence agencies have nearly doubled their budgets in the past twelve years. Both the Mossad and Shabak had budgets of $1.3-billion in 2005. The upcoming budget for 2018 is slated to rise to $2.2-billion. It’s no accident that much of the dramatic rise in budgetary expenditures happened during Bibi Netanyahu’s […]
Why I Published US Intelligence Secrets About Israel’s Anti-Iran Campaign
NOTE: I originally published this piece in Truthout in 2011. For some reason which Truthout’s managing editor, Maya Schenwar, will not explain, the publication has removed it from its site (if you use the original link it generates a 404 error). This is an important story to me and cannot afford to be buried in this […]