[ratg13]

The heavy factor is all of the spying.

At one point Israel even handled all of the wiretaps for the US.. so if a US government agency needed a wiretap, it would have to go through Israel.

Then there's the active spying..

Stuff like this: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/mar/06/internatio...

And when they get caught, nothing ever happens

[mptest]

Can highly recommend Pegasus: a spy in your pocket about this very topic and much more journalists have to go through. terrifying stuff.

e.g. jamal kashoggi (and his partner) had it on his phone when he got murdered by SA.