A former Twitter employee was found guilty of spying for the Saudi government in 2015 — ferrying private user information to a contact with close ties to its controversial crown prince, Mohammad bi…
“They paid for a mole,” is how the situation was summed up by prosecutor Eric Cheng during his closing argument in the Golden State courtroom. After making the point that the illicit payments exceeded Abouammo’s annual salary by around three times, he added, “We all know that kind of money is not for nothing.
“I will come to London tomorrow for one day,” he is said to have explained. “When I arrive, I will call you.” In defense of Abouammo, public defender Joseph Matthews claimed that his client was simply doing his job: Assisting Twitter’s VIP users. It was claimed in court that the employee did not know he was aiding the controlling Saudi government to get info on perceived enemies of the state. “Entirely legal” and “entirely proper” is how Matthews couched his client’s activities.
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