{"id":50264,"date":"2022-07-11T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50264"},"modified":"2022-07-12T09:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:22:27","slug":"defense-firm-ends-deal-to-buy-israeli-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50264","title":{"rendered":"DEFENSE FIRM ENDS DEAL TO BUY ISRAELI SPYWARE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28342778.10113\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvY3liZXJzZWN1cml0eS8zNTUzMzk5LXVzLWRlZmVuc2UtZmlybS1lbmRzLXRhbGtzLXRvLWJ1eS1pc3JhZWxpLXNweXdhcmUtZnJvbS1jb250cm92ZXJzaWFsLWZpcm0vP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB86ef10c4\/email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials familiar with the matter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28342778.10113\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5LzIwMjIvMDcvMTAvbnNvLXNweXdhcmUtbDNoYXJyaXMtdGFsa3MtZW5kZWQvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB559b6406\/email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28342778.10113\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL25hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5LzIwMjIvMDcvMTAvbnNvLXNweXdhcmUtbDNoYXJyaXMtdGFsa3MtZW5kZWQvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB559b6406\/email&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657727139942000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gng8b8L-0Lx747NBbmo_W\">told The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0that the defense firm \u201creached out to the U.S. government and said they would not be moving forward\u201d with the acquisition a few days after the concerns were made public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The administration has also raised concerns that the spyware has been used by foreign governments to spy on human rights activists, journalists and politicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has 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