Weil Lawyer Invests in Pegasus, Calls it 'Free Market Innovation'
The Financial Times reported that a Weil, Gotshal & Manges lawyer invested millions in a fund that had a stake in NSO Group, maker of the notorious Pegasus spyware. This is presented as passive investment, not active enablement. Pegasus is the same tool used globally by authoritarian regimes to track journalists, dissidents, and human rights activists, as documented by Amnesty International . The
'free market' excuse conveniently sweeps aside the ethical rot. One might wonder if this lawyer, earning millions, truly grasped the implications of funding technology that enables human rights abuses. Or perhaps, the bottom line is all that matters. It appears the 'rule of law' is a flexible concept when profit margins are involved, especially when the firm's clients undoubtedly benefit from the
chilling effect such surveillance creates.