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一 |     "American defense and intelligence contractors like L3Harris want to make money, and there is a market for spyware, domestically and globally," explains retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense. "With the NSO Group sanctioned by the USG for surveillance abuse against Americans and others, buying the Israeli company, its codes, software and tools, and hiring its people directly is a way to get that access (and in theory removing it from the sanction list by incorporating it under a different US company entity).",The controversial negotiations between NSO and L3Harris were jointly reported by the Guardian, the Washington Post and Haaretz on June 14. At the time, The Guardian quoted a senior White House official as saying: "Such a transaction, if it were to take place, raises serious counterintelligence and security concerns for the US government.",The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group in November 2021 for providing spyware called Pegasus to foreign governments that "used these tools to maliciously target" journalists, embassy workers and activists. According to the Biden administration, NSO acted "contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.",Israeli Police Chief Orders Creation of Commission to Investigate Pegasus Spyware Scandal7 February, 14:16 GMT,"Pegasus is a 'zero-click' hacking tool that can remotely extract everything from a target’s mobile phone, including messages, contacts, photos and videos without the user having to click on a phishing link to give it remote access," wrote The New York Times, adding that the Israeli wonder-tool could also turn the target's mobile phone "into a tracking and recording device.",Nonetheless, L3Harris kicked off covert talks with NSO, claiming that US intelligence officials quietly supported its plans to purchase the firm's core spyware technology as well as a possible transfer of NSO personnel to the American defense contractor. What’s more, NSO's technology has long been "of intense interest" to the FBI and the CIA, according to NYT.,Thus, in March 2022, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Congress that the agency had bought NSO's spyware Pegasus, claiming that the agency acquired the tool for evaluation but did not use it.,"The FBI has not and did not use the NSO products operationally in any investigation," Wray told the lawmakers. "I can confirm that we bought a limited license for testing and investigation. We routinely evaluate technologies that are out there: what are the security concerns raised by those products?",Top Polish Politician Admits Country Bought Israeli Pegasus Spyware7 January, 11:30 GMT,The L3Harris-NSO negotiations continued in secret until June 2022, when the US and Israeli mainstream press leaked information about the possible sale, prompting a storm of criticism from the White House. According to The Guardian, Washington denied that the US intelligence community had ever been "supportive" of the deal. However, this possibility cannot be ruled out, according to Kwiatkowski.,"The outcry of US citizenry and media about illegal and harmful surveillance by the NSO group drove the Biden sanctions; Intel community bureaucrats and their contractors have very different interests, they want to use the most capable (and cost effective) software surveillance and tracking tools out there," she explains.,Kwiatkowski has no doubts that if NSO hacking technology were acquired, it would have been used on American citizens. Furthermore, she does not rule out that "it is already being used, much as before sanctions, and the purchase is in part designed to ensure its use can continue and be expanded.",According to Kwiatkowski, "if left only to lawyers and politicians, this purchase in some form… would proceed and happen, and ultimately serve as a relief from existing sanctions for several aspects of NSO Group's products and services.",Apparently, the "hypocritical and self-serving" deal was slowed down and stopped due to the fact that it was widely publicized, according to the former Pentagon analyst.,Report: US Intel Operatives Backed Plans to Buy Infamous NSO Group Before Negotiations Were Axed11 July, 01:26 GMT,Meanwhile, NSO Group is said to be involved in a broad campaign in the United States to get off Washington's blacklist, according to ProPublica nonprofit newsroom and Shomrim, an Israel-based nonpartisan news organization.,"NSO has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past year in payments to lobbyists, public relations companies and law firms in the US, in the hope of reversing the Biden administration’s November decision, according to public records filed under the Foreign Agent Registration Act and conversations with people familiar with the effort," ProPublica and Shomrim reported on 12 July.,Moreover, NSO is currently trying to get the matter raised during a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, according to the news organizations.,"So far, the lobbying campaign has generated little response," the report said. "NSO has not been told what it needs to do to remove itself from the list, according to the people familiar with the campaign."。    AI摘要      为庆祝梅兰芳京剧团成立80周年，台湾京剧名家魏海敏在京连演三天大戏。

二 | 她以精湛技艺呈现多部经典，致敬恩师梅葆玖，并深情表示剧团是其“在大陆的家”。         在北京京剧院梅兰芳京剧团成立80周年之际，梅葆玖开门弟子、台湾京剧名家魏海敏携手梅兰芳京剧团，于北京国家大剧院连演3天大戏——《王熙凤大闹宁国府》《穆桂英挂帅》《赵氏孤儿》。         《穆桂英挂帅》演毕，魏海敏（中）与梅兰芳京剧团众演员谢幕。    “从1991年拜师开始，梅兰芳京剧团是我在大陆的家。”魏海敏说，35年过去了，京剧团当家人换了几任，同台的演员、乐队等老师也换了好几任，对她的支持与呵护却从未褪色。    京剧《穆桂英挂帅》脱胎于同名豫剧，1959年由梅兰芳等艺术家改编打磨，同年在北京首演，是梅兰芳晚年代表作。

三 | 梅兰芳通过《捧印》等经典段落，以凝重而富有层次的表演，将穆桂英从犹豫到家国情怀觉醒的内心冲突刻画得入木三分。该剧塑造了雍容大度、刚毅深沉的穆桂英形象，极大丰富了梅派美学内涵，至今仍是检验梅派传人艺术造诣的试金石。    《王熙凤大闹宁国府》是京剧表演艺术家童芷苓的代表作。她以荀派的气度，通过大开大合的表现，将“明是一盆火，暗是一把刀”的王熙凤刻画得入木三分。《赵氏孤儿》是北京京剧院保留剧目，戏剧张力十足。北京京剧院前辈大师马连良、谭富英、裘盛戎、张君秋都在剧中有过经典的演绎。本次演出中，魏海敏饰演剧中庄姬公主，这是她首次在大陆出演这一角色。    1982年，京沪两地京剧院团联合赴港演出，梅葆玖和童芷苓带领北京京剧院和上海京剧院的名角们在戏院连演半个月。彼时已是“台湾最忙全才旦角”的魏海敏，一场不落地追了每一部戏，其中就有《穆桂英挂帅》和《王熙凤大闹宁国府》。首次亲睹梅葆玖演出，魏海敏深觉震撼，决心将京剧表演作为毕生志业。    1991年，魏海敏随两岸交流大潮来到北京，向梅葆玖正式行梨园传统拜师礼。作为梅葆玖开门弟子，她亲炙恩师真传，潜心学习整理传统梅派戏。1996年，魏海敏凭借梅派经典剧目《宇宙锋》《贵妃醉酒》，摘获中国戏剧表演艺术最高奖“梅花奖”。

四 | 2005年，魏海敏又以《四郎探母》《玉堂春》获上海“白玉兰戏剧奖”。在台湾，她探索京剧创新的诸多可能，被誉为“全能旦角”“千变青衣”。“梅派艺术的核心价值，是在既有的基础上精益求精，探索创作的多种可能性。”魏海敏说。    2003年，魏海敏在台湾复排《王熙凤大闹宁国府》，首演即引起轰动。作为京剧界公认的“演技派”，她以梅派的雍容为底色，融入荀派的灵动泼辣，凭着自身卓越的角色塑造力，将王熙凤的多面人性演绎得淋漓尽致。    8月8日是梅兰芳逝世65周年纪念日，今年也是梅葆玖逝世10周年。当晚戏码《穆桂英挂帅》是魏海敏演出最多的梅派剧目之一，也是她1993年首次在北京举办个人专场演出时的剧目之一。随着纪念梅葆玖的音乐《梨花颂》响起，魏海敏与众演员款款谢幕。魏海敏说，30多年来，梅兰芳京剧团在演出中给她的协助和指点，让她非常感恩。

五 | “梅葆玖老师离开10年了，除了感念，还是希望自己能把戏演得更好。”（记者 张盼 文/图）。

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