MAX BOOT IS JUST AS GRATING as a former conservative as he was as a leading necon. In today’s example, he writes about an Israeli-based company that sells spy software to dubious governments. The headline blames this on “Israel,” not the company. Rather than correcting this, Max sends out a tweet itself suggesting that “Israel” is responsible for “enabling foreign oppression.” Meanwhile, it turns out that the company is actually owned by a San Francisco-based private equity fund, and has been since 2013, making it all the more opaque why “Israel” is the focus of the op-ed.