Former French Intelligence Chief Dismisses Morocco’s Alleged Spying on Macron with Pegasus Software

"Morocco has no interest in spying on Emmanuel Macron," said Bernard Squarcini, former director of French domestic intelligence, in an interview with the newspaper Le Point, which presents him as close to the Moroccan intelligence services. According to him, the kingdom has an efficient and adapted security apparatus to the various threats. "Within the Ministry of the Interior, the priority is placed on the fight against Islamist terrorism, with the support of two major services: the DGED and the DGST," he said.
The investigation will have to determine if one of these services has acquired the software, and if so, which one. Who was the final recipient? We are still today in the realm of simple hypotheses and assumptions.

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According to the investigation by Forbidden Stories and its partners, Morocco would have targeted the phone numbers of 10,000 people (heads of government, political figures, journalists, activists, lawyers) including the French president. "Today we only have a journalistic investigation into the NSO company. The judicial, technical and international investigation has not yet begun. [...] We are talking about suspicions, an orientation, but there is no real proof at this stage and the shortcut is quick, too simple," commented Bernard Squarcini, calling for the greatest caution before making any judgment. "This confused listing of numbers, a sort of Prévert inventory, encourages us to be extremely cautious pending the results of the judicial investigations," he added.

"The Israeli software is sold by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to one or more friendly states," explains the former DRCI boss. But is it still in the hands of a state service or has it passed, like a mistigri, into the hands of a private company? The real problem in this case is the lack of after-sales monitoring and ethical control.