Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed the deputy intelligence director, Alessandro Moretti, as part of an investigation into alleged illegal espionage involving Israeli spyware during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. The federal police probe focuses on a clandestine government network that allegedly used FirstMile spyware to eavesdrop on politicians and public figures. Moretti is a target in the investigation, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has implicated Jair Bolsonaro’s son Carlos in the suspected “political nucleus” ordering illegal spying. Lula dismissed Bolsonaro’s claims of persecution, expressing confidence in the investigative process.