Democratic lawmakers urge sanctions on Israel's NSO Group
The congressional letter also called for sanctions on three other foreign surveillance firms.
Congressional Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to sanction Israeli cybersurveillance firm NSO Group following a slew of reports implicating the company’s spyware in the targeting of dissidents around the world.
Reuters reports that 18 Democratic lawmakers including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff sent a letter late Tuesday to the Treasury Department and State Department asking for Global Magnitsky sanctions, which freeze US-held funds and ban travel into the United States.
