Former Shin Bet: Reports PM ordered me to wiretap IDF, Mossad heads untrue
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Former Shin Bet director Yoram Cohen rejected on Friday a report he was instructed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wiretap then-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and then-Mossad director Tamir Pardo.
"I don't normally comment in the media about the professional discourse between the prime minister and the Shin Bet head. However, the reports in the media about instructions allegedly given to me by the prime minister while I served as the Shin Bet director to specifically wiretap Gantz and Pardo—are untrue," Cohen said in a statement.
