Dutch gov't bought wiretapping system from Israel without informing parliament: report
NL TimesThe Ministry of Justice and Security has purchased a new telephone and data-tapping system for the police from a controversial Israeli defense company without informing parliament. The decision to quietly purchase a new system from the controversial Israeli defense company Cognyte was made this year when Dilan Yeşilgöz was still Minister of Justice and Security and Dick Schoof the highest civil servant at the Ministry, the newspaper found. The only mention NRC found of the brand new system in the Ministry’s documents sent to parliament is talk of an “upgrade.” However, several directly involved police officers and prosecutors told NRC that parliament was misinformed - this is not an upgrade, but a new tapping system which also does not work. Under pressure from parliament, the Ministry bought a new tapping system via public tender in 2019 from another Israeli defense company, Elbit.
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