The White House says there's no history of its tools being abused. The technology is just so good, we can't resist it," Mark Hertling says. "We're in an arms race" He adds that powerful weapons like these are coveted by governments around the world.
A little over a decade ago, a small Israeli company created what would become the world’s most powerful and notorious hacking tool.
Mark Mazzetti, who is a Washington investigative correspondent for The Times, explains the surprising story of the NSO Group and why, despite banning its technology, the United States kept trying to use it.
Guest: Mark Mazzetti, a Washington investigative correspondent for The New York Times.
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