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(www.nytimes.com, Jan. 28, 2022)
F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and
Explored Hacking U.S. Phones
ttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-pegasus-spyware.html

...The U.S. sought the cyberweapon for domestic use.
The U.S. had also moved to acquire Pegasus, The Times found.
The F.B.I., in a deal never previously reported, bought the spyware in 2019, despite
multiple reports that it had been used against activists and political opponents in other countries.
It also spent two years discussing whether to deploy a newer product, called Phantom,
inside the United States.

The discussions at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. continued until last summer,
when the F.B.I. ultimately decided not to use NSO weapons.

But Pegasus equipment is still in a New Jersey building used by the F.B.I.
And the company also gave the agency a demonstration of Phantom, which could hack American phone numbers.