- In April of 2018, I was coming back
from my operating flight to Toronto, Canada.
On arrival to Dubai, I'd been surprised.
There was about seven Emirati Intelligence officer
who was waiting for me with one Emirati lady.
And they took me.
As soon as they got me, they take everything with me.
I'm talking about my bags, my devices.
And they start asking me a question in the airport
for about two hours.
- Hanan Elatr was detained in Dubai on April 21, 2018.
Her devices were seized.
She was interrogated for 17 hours,
then put under house arrest.
- In Middle East, you have no choice.
Either you comply with them,
or they beat you and torture you.
Then they took me to my house.
Blind me and handcuff me.
I was feeling ill, and I was feeling panic.
I couldn't control myself.
- Elatr was engaged to the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- I wasn't worried about myself because I have nothing to hide.
The only thing I was feeling uncomfortable for them
to see it, the love messages between me and Jamal.
It's very special message between two lovers.
I don't want them to see or read these.
I start just feel like they are watching me,
but how much they are watching,
how much they can get, I don't know.
And at the same time, I cannot speak to anyone to advise me,
because it's become very sensitive and scary.
- New reporting by the Post has found evidence
that a spyware called Pegasus,
manufactured by the Israeli company NSO Group,
was in the process of being installed on her phone
while she was detained.
Forensic analysis by a Citizen Lab researcher
identified the exact moment
that a unique URL connected to Pegasus
was entered into her device.
- So, basically, what I did is I analyzed
all the available data on two Android phones
and one laptop belonging to Hanan.
He told Elatr recently what he'd found.
The scene was filmed by the PBS program
"FRONTLINE" in "Forbidden Stories"
for an upcoming documentary.
- It appears that there were two separate links
to the Pegasus spyware that were actually opened.
In other words, the infection process for the spyware
was initiated at least twice on the devices.
And one of the dates of the initiation of the infection
was April 22nd,
which I understand on this date Hanan was in custody
and her phones were removed from her.
- Yes. - So, she was not,
as I understand it, using her phone at this time.
- He confirmed to me when I was with them
in the detention point they tried
to use spying material and technology to get in
and to make sure to continue watch in my devices
basically because of Jamal.
- So, someone was sitting with the phone
and typed in the first character,
H, then T, then T, then S, for "https."
Then they typed in the name of the website,
and they made a couple typos
actually while they were doing it,
which tells me it was done manually.
It wasn't copy and pasted.
It was actually someone sitting there with the keyboard
typing the link into the phone.
- Pegasus can provide complete access
to a target's mobile device, including their location,
messaging, camera, microphone, and more.
Marczak could not determine precisely what the spyware
did to Elatr's phone.
NSO Group has firmly denied
that their product was used against Elatr,
saying, "NSO Group conducted a review
which determined that Pegasus was not used to listen to,
monitor, track, or collect information about Ms Elatr.
The Post's continued efforts to falsely connect NSO Group
to the heinous murder of Mr Khashoggi are baffling."
The government of the United Arab Emirates
did not respond to multiple requests for comment
but has denied previous allegations around Elatr's case.
- I took how much they invaded my life,
how much they become close to Jamal Khashoggi
to trace his movement
and make a trap for him in Istanbul to be killed.
- Elatr and Jamal Khashoggi were married in June of 2018.
For the next four months, they lived largely apart,
but she was in constant touch with him on her mobile devices.
- He was in communication with me
until 24 hours before he disappeared.
And he sent to me,
last communication was wishing for my birthday,
and he tried to call me.
I found a missed call. - On October 2nd, Khashoggi
walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,
where he was murdered and dismembered by a Saudi hit team.
- I feel very sad about it.
I feel terrible.
I feel terrible they misused me somehow without realize
because they know he love me.
He knows that he speak to me fairly
about everything he thinking.
He cried to me.
He talked to me about everything,
'cause I'm his lover.
And basically it was easy to get him,
to hunt him, through me.
I don't know why I'm still alive.
I don't know.
Every day when I see the daylight,
I don't know why I'm still alive,
because I'm the second victim after Jamal.
In this tragedy, I'm the second victim.
I lost my life.