"Our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information," De Becker wrote. A spokesman for the Saudi embassy in Washington did not immediately return a request for comment. A representative for AMI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. AMI has previously said that it acted lawfully in the reporting of the Bezos story. De Becker said he has turned over the findings of his investigation to US federal officials, without elaborating.

Source: bd News24 March 30, 2019 23:15 UTC