The Pegasus Commission will release the public part of the report. There is a date

On Monday at A meeting of the parliamentary investigative committee on Pegasus is scheduled for 12 p.m., during which the public part of the report on the committee's work will be presented. In addition, the committee will deliberate in secret, where the secret part of the report will be presented.

The chairwoman of the commission said in an interview with the Polish Press Agency that the report is primarily intended to present the material collected by the commission and to indicate "where and who broke the law." She noted that the document will have approximately 700 pages and will include a public and a classified part.

According to Sroka, one of the commission's findings is that Pegasus was used without the required - in its opinion - accreditation, i.e. without a state guarantee, and the materials collected through the system were at the disposal of the Israeli manufacturer. She also recalled the reports of possible crimes submitted by the commission so far.

Two years of work of the investigative commission. What was agreed?

In the two years that have passed since the commission was established, it has interviewed several dozen witnesses - including former members of the management of the Ministry of Justice, service officers and representatives of the prosecutor's office.

The Commission also sent notifications to the prosecutor's office regarding, among others, former Minister of Justice, former Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro and former Deputy Minister of Justice Michał Woś. During the next meeting of the committee, we will also inform about other people against whom we will report to the prosecutor's office about the possibility of committing a crime, announced the chairwoman.

She added that there would be "new political names, but not only that."

Will there be a new thread?

The next topic of the report to be presented by the committee will be the method of financing the purchase of Pegasus. As Sroka pointed out, this system was partially financed from the Justice Fund, and in her opinion, the regulations provided that such a purchase should be made from the Operational Fund. In the committee's opinion, the use of other means was illegal and could also lead to the exposure of the system, she added.

The Commission is also expected to present findings on the security of the system. According to the chairwoman, one of the four modules making up the system was in the hands of the Israeli company NSO Group, the manufacturer of Pegasus. In Sroka's opinion, this meant a lack of adequate security both for the officers using the system and the people to whom it was used.

The report also analyzed several specific cases of people against whom Pegasus was used. The chairwoman informed that, according to the committee's findings, these were people to whom there were no grounds to apply this system.

None of them was charged, she said.

The chairwoman also said that the classified part of the report would be discussed by committee members during a separate closed session, after which they would be able to submit amendments. Then, the committee is to adopt the report, and after the Marshal of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, sets a date, the document will be presented to the deputies during a session of the Sejm in an open and closed form.

Pegasus - what is this software?

The Sejm established an investigative commission for Pegasus on January 17, 2024. Its purpose was to examine the legality, correctness and purposefulness of operational and reconnaissance activities undertaken using this software, including: by the government, secret services and police from November 2015 to November 2023 - i.e. during the rule of Law and Justice. The commission is also to determine who was responsible for purchasing Pegasus and similar tools for the Polish authorities. According to the information provided so far, including: Pegasus was purchased by the Supreme Audit Office in autumn 2017 for the CBA with the majority of funds (PLN 25 million) from the Justice Fund.

Pegasus is a system that was created by the Israeli company NSO Group to fight terrorism and organized crime. Using Pegasus, you can not only eavesdrop on conversations from an infected smartphone, but also gain access to other data stored in it, e.g. e-mails, photos or video recordings, as well as cameras and microphones.