Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich on Thursday called on the economic newspaper Calcalist to reveal the identity of the person who had fed it with what he claimed were false allegations regarding the police's use of spyware.
Alsheich, who was accused of spearheading the police's alleged infractions against a number of key figures, repeated in an interview on Kan Radio by Tamar Almog and Moti Gilat his prior claims that the entire affair was 'spin' and completely false.
He called the affair "the Yom Kippur [War] of Calcalist and the media outlets who followed in its wake."
Despite the episode, Alsheich reiterated his belief that spyware was important and essential for catching criminals.
He did not blame Calcalist itself but demanded that the newspaper reveal whoever fed it false information. He acknowledged the paper's right to hide its sources but claimed that in this case whoever was responsible for the false information should not be considered a source but rather someone with an agenda to disparage the police. He deemed the act "immoral" and argued that the public has a right to know who that person is.
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