<story><title>Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal</title><url>http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20210729-israel-tries-to-limit-fallout-from-the-pegasus-spyware-scandal</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nindalf</author><text>I’m not surprised that all statements from the Israeli government are filled with nothing. “We need to understand what happened” means “sorry not sorry”.&lt;p&gt;This spyware is invaluable for the Israeli government because they have something that repressive Arab regimes want. These regimes can’t be bought with money, because some of them like Saudi Arabia and UAE have plenty of money. Israel needs friends and this is a great way to start and maintain friendships - provide a way for these tinpot dictators to cement their power. Sure, some people might be annoyed they were spied on but the news cycle will move on soon, while Saudi and UAE will remain staunch allies. MBS still loves them because Khashoggi remains dead.&lt;p&gt;Israel would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for the meddling kids at Amnesty International.</text></comment>
<story><title>Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal</title><url>http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20210729-israel-tries-to-limit-fallout-from-the-pegasus-spyware-scandal</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>KingOfCoders</author><text>What I find funny is this:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Our clients only use the software against terrorists and criminals, so it can&amp;#x27;t be used the wrong way&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;We made sure that it doesn&amp;#x27;t work against US phone numbers&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;That is straight out of &amp;quot;A Few Good Men&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;If Colonel Jessup ordered the soldier should not be touched, and soldiers follow orders, why was the victim scheduled for a plane ride off the base?</text></comment>