Polish ex-intelligence chiefs suspected of overstepping powers: report
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
05.12.2016 12:22
Two former heads of Poland’s Military Counterintelligence Service are suspected of overstepping their powers relating to cooperation with Russia’s Federal Security Service, the Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily has said, according to the niezalezna.pl website.
Military Counterintelligence Service Headquarters. Photo: Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego
According to the daily, accusations have been made against General Janusz Nosek, who headed the organization from 2008 to 2013, and his successor Piotr Pytel, niezalezna.pl said.
“The Regional Prosecutor in Warsaw for Military Affairs has accused them of overstepping their powers… According to investigators there are suspicions that crimes were committed including revealing documents that were secret and confidential,” Gazeta Polska Codziennie said, cited by niezalezna.pl.
Back in 2013, information about an agreement between the Polish Military Counterintelligence Service and Russian Federal Security Service was published on the Russian president’s website, niezalezna.pl reported.
In May 2015, niezalezna.pl reported that MPs from Poland’s governing Law and Justice party, then in opposition, accused Nosek of hiding details of the cooperation.
The MPs appealed to the Polish prime minister for Nosek’s dismissal and alerted authorities that a crime may have been committed.
“The Military Counter-Intelligence Service replied at the time that these were unfounded insinuations which could negatively impact the image of Poland and its armed forces abroad,” niezalezna.pl said. (vb/pk)
Source: niezalezna.pl