Parliament's transparency committee to convene about phonetapping issue on Nov. 28

The Greek Parliament's Special Permanent Committee on Institutions & Transparency will convene on Monday, November 28, about the phonetapping issue.

As posted on the Parliament's website, the following people have been invited to be heard by the committee:

• Grigoris Dimitriadis, former General Secretary to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Tal Dilian, the Israeli founder of Intellexa, the company which sells the Predator spyware
• Giannis Lavranos and Felix Bitzios, both businessmen, allegedly professionally related to both the Krikel (software company) and the Intellexa companies

According to Parliament protocol, the committee may compile a report, which is submitted to the plenary and is filed in the parliament's minutes; it may also include suggestions to any relevant authority except those of the Greek judiciary.