Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne

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Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne ( WSI ; German Military Information Services ) was the name of the Polish military intelligence service , which existed between 1991 and 2006 and was subordinate to the Defense Ministry as counter-espionage for the Polish army and was dissolved by virtue of a Sej decision (voting ratio : for 375, against 48). Antoni Macierewicz was entrusted with the dissolution , to whom a commission of 24 people was subordinated, with 12 people each being appointed by the state and prime minister. The dissolution was completed on September 30, 2006.

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On February 16, 2007, Poland's President Lech Kaczyński published the 374-page report on the dissolution of the WSI, whose employees tried to influence politics, business and the media. The report names 64 names of WSI officers and employees who are believed to have acted illegally. 75% of the senior WSI leadership between 1991 and 2006 had been trained in the USSR . In the early 1990s, the WSI had 2,450 secret employees in state administration, banks and foreign trade companies. Most of the unofficial employees were with the airline LOT (141) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (108 IM). WSI employees traded in weapons and founded illegal societies to do so. In 1991, the WSI brought $ 1.5 million from the time of the People's Republic of Poland to Swiss accounts. This was to finance the secret service. The money was never properly accounted for. The report was written by secret service laypeople and provides important names and information to foreign secret services. The dissolution of the WSI was one of the main goals of the PiS government. “For this reason alone, it was worth forming the coalition with Samoobrona,” said Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński . Until 2001, the WSI had dealt with “right-wing” politicians like the Kaczyński brothers. Ex-President Aleksander Kwaśniewski from the League of Democratic Left (SLD) was also investigated.

tasks

The WSI was supposed to provide the government with military information and protect the Polish Army ( Wojsko Polskie ) from foreign intelligence agencies. He was also responsible for protecting military secrets and protecting Polish soldiers on missions abroad. In doing so, he cooperated with security services in other NATO countries.

WSI bosses

  • September 30, 1991 – February 1992: Czesław Wawrzyniak
  • April 2, 1992–1. July 1992: called bryg. Marian Sobolewski
  • July 1, 1992-23. February 1994: Bolesław Izydorczyk
  • February 23, 1994-26. March 1996: Konstanty Malejczyk
  • March 26, 1996-21. December 1997: Kazimierz Głowacki
  • December 21, 1997-25. October 2001: Tadeusz Rusak
  • November 6, 2001–4. November 2004: Marek Dukaczewski
  • November 5, 2004–6. December 2004: Janusz Bojarski
  • November 6, 2004–14. December 2005: Marek Dukaczewski
  • December 14, 2005–1. January 2006: Janusz Bojarski
  • January 1, 2006–30. September 2006: Jan Żukowski

Successor services

The intelligence services established in 2006 are: Służba Wywiadu Wojskowego (Military Intelligence Service) and Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego (Military Counterintelligence Service).

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