Boris Johnson claimed a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office in his new book titled ‘Unleashed’.
Boris Johnson has claimed that a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office following a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017.
In his new book, Unleashed, the former Prime Minister alleges that Netanyahu’s security team may have placed a bugging device in the Foreign Office toilets.
The former Prime Minister described how Netanyahu excused himself to use the facilities during their meeting.
Johnson wrote that the bathroom, which he described as similar to “the gents in a posh London club,” was later found to have been bugged during a routine sweep for surveillance devices.
He also claimed that he was informed about the device after Netanyahu’s visit. Johnson wrote: “It may or may not be a coincidence, but I am told that later… they found a listening device in the thunderbox.”
When questioned about the incident in an interview with The Telegraph, Johnson declined to comment, saying that all the details are included in his book.
However, this wouldn’t be the first time that Israel has been accused of potential surveillance.
In 2019, it was reported that Israel may have planted mobile phone surveillance devices near the White House.
Israel has consistently denied involvement in the US incident, and it remains unclear whether they were ever confronted about the alleged bugging of the Foreign Office.
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1957017/boris-johnson-benjamin-netanyahu-bugged-bathroom