Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann, Vice Premier Haim Ramon, Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz have all been summoned to appear before State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss, Thursday.
Lindenstrauss is probing allegations
that the police and the State Prosecutor's Office conducted an illegally wiretapping operation Ramon during his investigation and subsequent trial for sexual harassment.
The committee of inquiry formed by the state comptroller held its first meeting on Tuesday. Chief-Superintendent Gadi Sciso, head of the police department's wiretapping division, briefed the committee on police wiretapping procedures: When and why such measures are taken, the way wiretapping motions are filed with the court, the way they are monitored and transcribed, they way the tapes are handled and stored, etc.
The committee is looking into the matter of using wiretaps as part of police investigations in general, atop of the possible infractions made in Ramon's case.
Other top officials have also been called to appear before the committee in a later date, including State Prosecutor' Moshe Lador and his predecessor Eran Shendar, various district attorneys, Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen and Commander Yohanan Danino, head of police investigations and intelligence.
Former Police Chief Moshe Karadi, former head of Police Intelligence Moshe Mizrahi, Former National Fraud Unit Chief Miri Golan, retired Justice Shalom Brener and former Justice Vardi Zeiler, are also scheduled to appear before the committee during the course of its investigation.
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