Military Information Services
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Military Information Services was a common name for the Polish
military intelligence
and counter-intelligence
agency. The agency was created in 1990 after the Revolutions of 1989
ended the Communist
regime as a merger between the former Communist agencies Internal Military Service
and the Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army. The combined agency was originally known as the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence ; it was renamed to WSI in 1991. At first, all commanding and upper-level officers—and most of the employees—had direct personal and career links with the former Communist regimes of Poland and the Soviet Union
.
By a vote of 375-48 in favor, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland voted to liquidate WSI in October 2006.
WSI was bound by law to shield vital state information for the newly-independent Poland, under the direct control and management of the Ministry of Defense . WSI was also intended to be Poland's liaison with the intelligence services of other NATO countries.
WSI was to investigate and counteract threats to Poland's defense forces and vital defense information. It also regulated arms, explosives, equipment, licenses, etc.
as the lead liquidator of WSI.
According to military experts of the Polish Democratic Left Alliance
, NATO officials expressed disapproval of disbanding WSI.
The Sejm allowed President Lech Kaczyński
's administration to publish the Macierewicz Report, a 164-page document detailing the extralegal activities of the WSI that lead to its liquidation. The report contains information about WSI soldiers and employees
Although first phase (i.e. lawful frames of liquidation made in 2006/2007) is perceived by most of Polish political elite as successful also probably in terms of extinction
i.e. mitigation of: long-term overestimation of skills, faultlessness, etc..; however new formation, that was being made by process of - inter alia - "verification" was nothing less than incomplete. Polish media sources inform about ongoing, since 2007 (lawmaking) and 2009 (start of implementation), next phases of reforms towards, so-called, "professionalization" in Polish army, which, according to politicians, is the biggest need of breaktrough in history of army in Poland also bigger in comparison with the liquidation of WSI and is spread for several years until 2018, but there are many public voices of opposition
about problems in those reforms in spite of verification of WSI. Lack of professionals, worse results of new services in 2010, 2011, and other, cause - in Poland - diminishing of past homeland issues concerning WSI.
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Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
military intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
and counter-intelligence
Counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence or counter-intelligence refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. National intelligence programs, and, by extension, the overall defenses of...
agency. The agency was created in 1990 after the Revolutions of 1989
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 were the revolutions which overthrew the communist regimes in various Central and Eastern European countries.The events began in Poland in 1989, and continued in Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and...
ended the Communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
regime as a merger between the former Communist agencies Internal Military Service
Internal Military Service
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna - or WSW, Military Internal Service, it was a military counterintelligence, military police, and secret police Service during the years of 1957-1990 in the Polish People's Republic or PRL.- Background :...
and the Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army. The combined agency was originally known as the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence ; it was renamed to WSI in 1991. At first, all commanding and upper-level officers—and most of the employees—had direct personal and career links with the former Communist regimes of Poland and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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By a vote of 375-48 in favor, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland voted to liquidate WSI in October 2006.
History
In 1990, the Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army was joined with military counter-intelligence to form the WSW. That merger combined the intelligence and counter-intelligence agencies under one structure, the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence. In 1991, the Second Directorate was transformed into the WSI. WSI was responsible for military counter-intelligence and security activities in Poland.WSI was bound by law to shield vital state information for the newly-independent Poland, under the direct control and management of the Ministry of Defense . WSI was also intended to be Poland's liaison with the intelligence services of other NATO countries.
WSI was to investigate and counteract threats to Poland's defense forces and vital defense information. It also regulated arms, explosives, equipment, licenses, etc.
Liquidation
In 2006, WSI was liquidated and replaced by two independent military intelligence services, the Military Counter-intelligence Service and the Military Intelligence Service . Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński appointed conservative politician Antoni MacierewiczAntoni Macierewicz
Antoni Macierewicz is a Polish Catholic politician, anti-communist activist, member of Sejm, journalist and a former internal affairs minister, former vice-minister of national defence in Jarosław Kaczyński's government, and current parliamentary representative.-Early years and activity during...
as the lead liquidator of WSI.
According to military experts of the Polish Democratic Left Alliance
Democratic Left Alliance
Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....
, NATO officials expressed disapproval of disbanding WSI.
The Sejm allowed President Lech Kaczyński
Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
's administration to publish the Macierewicz Report, a 164-page document detailing the extralegal activities of the WSI that lead to its liquidation. The report contains information about WSI soldiers and employees
Although first phase (i.e. lawful frames of liquidation made in 2006/2007) is perceived by most of Polish political elite as successful also probably in terms of extinction
Extinction (psychology)
Extinction is the conditioning phenomenon in which a previously learned response to a cue is reduced when the cue is presented in the absence of the previously paired aversive or appetitive stimulus.-Fear conditioning:...
i.e. mitigation of: long-term overestimation of skills, faultlessness, etc..; however new formation, that was being made by process of - inter alia - "verification" was nothing less than incomplete. Polish media sources inform about ongoing, since 2007 (lawmaking) and 2009 (start of implementation), next phases of reforms towards, so-called, "professionalization" in Polish army, which, according to politicians, is the biggest need of breaktrough in history of army in Poland also bigger in comparison with the liquidation of WSI and is spread for several years until 2018, but there are many public voices of opposition
Opposition (politics)
In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed to the government , party or group in political control of a city, region, state or country...
about problems in those reforms in spite of verification of WSI. Lack of professionals, worse results of new services in 2010, 2011, and other, cause - in Poland - diminishing of past homeland issues concerning WSI.
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