John Scott-Railton
John Scott-Railton

@jsrailton

7 Tweets 2 reads Sep 11, 2023
BREAKING: #Poland's Senate investigation into #Pegasus hacking released.
Found "gross violations of constitutional standards"
Says 2019 elections where #Pegasus was used against opposition leadership were not fair.
(Pics: Machine translated) Report: senat.gov.pl
2/ #Poland's Senate Commission also concluded that the purchase of #Pegasus was illegal, and that the spyware cannot be legally used under Polish law.
3/ #Poland's #Pegasus Commission also notifies the Prosecutor's office of the possibility that current & former ministers may have been implicated in the criminal acquisition & use of the spyware.
Wow.
4/ The #Pegasus Commission also recommends extensive changes of oversight in #Poland's security services, as well as an increase in powers of Supreme Court to examine election cycles.
And for Poland's internal security agency (ABW) to increase groups whom they secure.
5/The commission has been active for 1.5 years & many folks not following closely might want to get up to speed about #Pegasus abuses in Poland.
@StanleySBill has a nice overview (and a podcast) on the case & EU Parliament's @EP_PegaInquiry findings.
notesfrompoland.com
@StanleySBill @EP_PegaInquiry 6/ #Poland's Senate #Pegasus Commission report fit within a bigger trend:
Careful investigations keep finding that Pegasus spyware is harming European democracies, including the security of their electoral processes.
@StanleySBill @EP_PegaInquiry 7/ The Commissions findings underline the same thing I've testified to US Congress:
In this critical time for the future of democracy, the out-of-control mercenary spyware industry is directly undermining our core shared values, security & human rights.

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