In a hearing held yesterday (Sunday) in the Supreme Court, the Movement for Quality Government and MK Eitan Cabel requested that the High Court order the Legal Advisor to appear and explain why he did not order the opening of a comprehensive and comprehensive investigation, the purpose of which is to discover and locate those responsible for leaking details of secret discussions that took place in the Ministerial Committee for National Security.
This follows the publication in an article by Udi Segal, a reporter for News 2, of a presentation that was allegedly presented by senior IDF officers to cabinet members, which was leaked to the media.
The movement emphasized in its petition that explicitly prohibited leaks, according to the Basic Law: Government, harm state security and, in particular, the circumstances and timing in which they were committed, can amount to serious criminal offenses, and failure to investigate them seriously harms public trust in government authorities, the public interest, and state security.
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The movement further emphasized that these leaks are a serious evil that received special attention in the Winograd Report after the Second Lebanon War, where it was determined that they seriously harm the cabinet's ability to function properly and make important decisions.
After the Legal Advisor refrained from making a reasoned decision on the matter, and contented himself with responding to the petition stating that he believed that there should be no investigation, and in light of the arguments presented by the petitioner, the Supreme Court ordered the Legal Advisor to write a reasoned decision explaining why he refuses to investigate the leaks, and to submit it to the Supreme Court within 30 days.
Attorney Tomer Naor, Movement for Quality Government: "The phenomenon of leaks from the cabinet during wartime is a sick evil that harms the cabinet's ability to make decisions, harms public morale and public trust in the authorities - and must be put to an end.".
""We hope that this decision will put an end to the Attorney General's refusal to make a decision on this matter, a refusal motivated by irrelevant considerations.".
MK Eitan Cabel: "There is a great opportunity for the Supreme Court to set new norms regarding the issue of leaks from secret security discussions. I am glad that the High Court's decision seems to mark the beginning of the change. Leakage is a criminal offense and it is the duty of the Attorney General to investigate this regardless of whether or not the damage was caused.".
