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Zini said to instruct Shin Bet legal advisers not to oppose lie detector law
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Shin Bet chief David Zini reportedly instructed the agency’s legal advisers not to oppose a Knesset bill that would mandate lie-detector tests every two years for the attorney general, the state attorney and other senior officials.
According to a report in Haaretz, legal advisers in the Shin Bet opposed the bill, in part because the Shin Bet would be responsible for conducting the tests.
But Zini reportedly ordered the advisers not to express this position during hearings in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.
The bill has yet to come to the Knesset plenum for its first reading, but was advanced by a ministerial committee in January.
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