{"id":516136,"date":"2026-02-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=516136"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:04:15","slug":"polish-counterintelligence-shares-details-of-spy-case-involving-defense-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/polish-counterintelligence-shares-details-of-spy-case-involving-defense-ministry","title":{"rendered":"Polish Counterintelligence Shares Details Of Spy Case Involving Defense Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Head of Poland\u2019s Military Counterintelligence Service, General Jaros\u0142aw Str\u00f3\u017cyk<\/b>, disclosed some details of a spy case involving the country\u2019s Ministry of National Defense in an interview with PAP<\/a>. A mid-level ministry employee was detained earlier this month and charged with espionage. It was reported that he had worked for one of the \u201ceastern\u201d countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis individual had worked at the Ministry of National Defense since the early 1990s, which shows that anyone, at any age, can succumb to the temptation to betray the state. This official worked in the most important departments of the ministry, dealing with strategy, defense planning, and international security,\u201d<\/i> Str\u00f3\u017cyk said.<\/p>\n

According to him, the suspect graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Warsaw. He worked in various units, including departments of the General Staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years, he took part in many important conferences and traveled abroad on official business, including for extended periods. As a result, we are dealing with a person who over the years became acquainted with thousands of people, including those holding key positions,\u201d<\/i> he added.<\/p>\n

The head of counterintelligence believes that the detainee may have possessed extensive knowledge of processes within the Ministry of Defense. The man also had access to classified materials, having passed a counterintelligence vetting in 2021.<\/p>\n

Str\u00f3\u017cyk declined to disclose how long the suspect may have been working for a foreign intelligence service, citing the secrecy of the investigation. He described the arrest as a success for counterintelligence. He also noted that some details previously reported in the media undermine that success. In particular, this concerns claims that the suspect was exposed after becoming stuck on the territory of Belarus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn turn, the version circulated by some parliamentarians that this gentleman was discovered by the human resources services of the Ministry of National Defense when he failed to return from a trip to Belarus is an example of unjustified discrediting of this case and, above all, a sign of disrespect for the painstaking and many years of work carried out by my subordinates \u2014 operational officers and analysts involved in this case,\u201d<\/i> Str\u00f3\u017cyk said.<\/p>\n

Answering a question about the suspect\u2019s trip to Belarus, the general noted that legislation does not provide for restrictions on travel abroad for civilian personnel, and the detainee was a civilian employee. At the same time, he spoke in favor of introducing certain restrictions for individuals holding important positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Head of Poland\u2019s Military Counterintelligence Service, General Jaros\u0142aw Str\u00f3\u017cyk, disclosed some details of a spy case involving the country\u2019s Ministry of National Defense in an interview with PAP. A mid-level ministry employee was detained earlier this month and charged with espionage. It was reported that he had worked for one of the \u201ceastern\u201d countries. \u201cThis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":516135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/698b2cd5282c0.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Polish Counterintelligence Shares Details Of Spy Case Involving Defense Ministry"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}