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Summer Lee\u2019s letter, first reported by CyberScoop, follows ICE confirmation of using spyware and news of a Trump ally becoming NSO Group\u2019s executive chairman. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/88891\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one-house-democrat-is-pressing-commerce-on-the-governments-spyware-use-2.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., arrives to the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"35.854305370617\"><body readability=\"75.899519109086\"><\/p>\n<p>A House Democrat who\u2019s been at the forefront of congressional efforts to scrutinize the federal government\u2019s use of commercial spyware wants the Commerce Department to brief Capitol Hill amid apprehension that the Trump administration might further embrace the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., sent a letter to the department Thursday seeking a briefing on several developments stemming from Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledging its use of Paragon\u2019s Graphite spyware, as well as an American company <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/10\/spyware-maker-nso-group-confirms-acquisition-by-us-investors\/\">purchasing a controlling stake<\/a> in Israel\u2019s NSO Group. The Commerce Department <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/commerce-department-blacklists-controversial-spyware-company-nso-group\/\">sanctioned NSO Group under former President Joe Biden<\/a> after widespread abuse allegations, including eavesdropping on government officials, activists and journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump Administration appears to be broadly receptive to using commercial spyware to infiltrate cell phones and allowing U.S. investment in sanctioned spyware companies like NSO Group,\u201d Lee wrote in her letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, which CyberScoop is first reporting.<\/p>\n<p>NSO Group\u2019s new executive chairman, David Friedman, is a former Trump ambassador to Israel and was his bankruptcy attorney. He has said in November that he expects the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/israeli-spyware-maker-nso-gets-new-owners-leadership-and-seeks-to-mend-reputation-166ac50e\">will be \u201creceptive\u201d<\/a> to using NSO Group tech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGiven those close ties between NSO Group and the Trump Administration, and the serious concerns about how NSO\u2019s technology could be used to spy on Americans, we write to request information regarding the purchase of NSO Group by an American company and the potential usage of NSO Group spyware by federal law enforcement,\u201d wrote Lee, who sits on the Oversight and Government Reform panel and is the top Democrat on its Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was one of the authors of <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/house-dems-seek-info-about-ice-spyware-contract-wary-of-potential-abuses\/\">a recent Democratic letter<\/a> seeking confirmation of ICE\u2019s use of Paragon\u2019s Graphite, which ICE acknowledged. But they criticized the administration for not answering all their questions, in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ice-using-paragon-spyware-house-democrats-letter\/\">being outraged<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In her latest letter, Lee asked the Commerce Department to brief Oversight and Government Reform Committee staff about internal department deliberations, Commerce communication with the White House and any outside conversations \u2014 including with Friedman \u2014 about government use of NSO Group technology or any other commercial spyware, and American investment in NSO.<\/p>\n<p>NSO Group \u201cappears to view the Trump administration as friendly to its interests in the United States, pitching itself as a vital tool for the U.S. government to safeguard national security,\u201d Lee wrote, citing company court filings that it \u201cis reasonably foreseeable that a law enforcement or intelligence agency of the United States will use Pegasus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration sanctions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/nso-group-owes-whatsapp-over-spyware-infections-jury\/\">court losses in a case against Meta<\/a>, represented setbacks for NSO Group\u2019s ambitions. And prior to the U.S. investment firm controlling stake purchase last fall, the Commerce Department under Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/05\/20\/nso-group-pegasus-trump-eo\/\">rebuffed efforts<\/a> to remove NSO Group from its sanctions list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the tens of millions of dollars worth of investment, following news that Israel had used Pegasus to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/14\/pegasus-nso-hamas-israel-spyware\">track people kidnapped or murdered by Hamas<\/a>, was a boon.<\/p>\n<p>NSO Group maintains that its products are designed only to help law enforcement and intelligence fight terrorism and crime, and that it vets its customers in advance as well as investigates misuse. News accounts and other investigations have turned up a multitude of abuses.<\/p>\n<p>There have been scattered reports of U.S. flirtation with using NSO Group technology. The FBI acknowledged it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/fbi-pegasus-spyware-phones-nso.html\">bought a Pegasus license<\/a>, but stopped short of deploying it. 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