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The aim of the paper is to focus on two characteristic features which make it difficult to define precisely the constitutional position of Polish intelligence services. First of all, there is no concise concept referring to the place and role that Polish intelligence services should play after 1989. Secondly, intelligence services lack clear distinction from police services. Not only are these services organized in a similar way but also their tasks and powers are alike. Here the question arises: where is the border between intelligence services and police services which were created for different purposes and which have other methods of interfering in individual’s rights and freedom.
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The article presents the issue of control over five intelligence and security agencies: the Internal Security Agency (ABW), Foreign Intelligence Agency, Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), Military Counterintelligence Service, and Military Intelligence Service. After 1989 Poland experienced frequent and quite chaotic changes in the area, which is why there is currently no coherent model of controlling the special services. Some of the solutions applied in the past twenty years hinders effective control. Such control provides one the hand management in line with the priorities of foreign and security policies conducted by civilian politicians, while on the other is a prerequisite for effective external control over the activities of secret services. It is worth mentioning that changes recently introduced in this area are also temporary. The article focuses on the period 1990 – 2013. The idea of civil supervision over the first secret service institution (Office for State Protection, UOP) emerged in 1990. The regulation became law on the power of the Act of 6th April 1990 on the Office for State Protection. The latest changes to it were introduced in 2013 in a Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 28th February 2013 on the detailed scope of authority of the Minister of Internal Affairs (currently Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz) in the coordination of special services. Besides the legal system, the article presents examples of political practice, and solutions adopted in other constitutional democracies.
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The paper reviews the operational investigation of the secret services in terms of control and oversight. Control and oversight of the operational investigation are a part of a general principle of control over public administration. Different methods of operational investigation are covered by a different scope of control. Some of them are controlled by the courts and prosecutors. They are all linked by the interference with the rights and freedoms of individuals, which is the main prerequisite for ensuring effective control and oversight in this matter. The external control is provided by the legislative authority, mainly The Special Services Committee of the Sejm. The judiciary, especially civil and military courts are more important in this regard. The prosecutor also has a role as a controlling tool and a protector of the rights.
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W artykule omówiono uprawnienia służb specjalnych do stosowania czynności operacyjno-rozpoznawczych z perspektywy kontroli, jaka jest nad nimi roztoczona. Działania kontrole nad pracą operacyjną wpisują się w ogólne zasady weryfikacji pracy administracji publicznej przez organy zewnętrzne. Poszczególne metody operacyjne objęte są różnym zakresem kontroli. Część z nich została poddana kontroli sądowej i prokuratorskiej. Wszystkie łączy ingerencja w prawa i wolności jednostki, co jest główną przesłanką do zapewnienia efektywnych rozwiązań w tej materii. Obecnie zewnętrzną kontrolę w ramach władzy ustawodawczej zapewnia głównie Sejmowa Komisja do Spraw Służb Specjalnych. Jednak większe znaczenie w tym względzie mają organy judykatywy, przede wszystkim sądy powszechne i wojskowe. Również prokuratura zajmuje tu niepoślednią rolę – jako organ kontroli i ochrony prawa.
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