Studies in Russia and East Europe

The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania

By: D. Deletant, K. Williams

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Hardcover | 18 December 2000 | Edition Number 1

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The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.

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`This is an engagingly written and extremely topical book that sheds new light on the important relationship between political transition and the reform of security services. The authors explore the concept of security intelligence and place the discussion of post-Communist Europe within the wider context of transitions from authoritarian rule and security-sector reform. The substantive chapters on Czech, Slovak and Romanian security services are extremely well researched and shed new light on the intricate details of security reform; one cannot find this detailed information elsewhere in English-language sources. This is an important and informative book.' - Charles King, Ion Ratui Chair of Romanian Studies, Georgetown University

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List of Abbreviations	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
What is security intelligence?	p. 1
Comparative framework for control and oversight	p. 4
Complaints procedures	p. 16
Post-communism's specificities	p. 17
The StB in Czechoslovakia, 1945-89	p. 24
The origin of a political police	p. 27
Deviations from the political-police identity	p. 30
The informer legions	p. 32
The extent of surveillance and persecution	p. 37
Major operations against society	p. 39
The StB in November 1989	p. 45
Czechoslovakia, 1990-2	p. 55
The imperfect purge	p. 57
New institutions	p. 62
Legislating for FBIS	p. 66
The brief life of FBIS	p. 69
Lustration	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 76
The Czech Republic since 1993	p. 83
The security and institutional contexts	p. 83
BIS Mk I	p. 87
BIS Mk II	p. 92
The man from Mars	p. 102
Foreign relations	p. 111
The StB legacy	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 114
Slovakia since 1993	p. 123
The Meciar factor	p. 124
The legislative framework	p. 126
SIS's false start	p. 127
Lexa's unsecret service	p. 130
Parliament's unseeing 'eye of the cyclops'	p. 140
Foreign relations	p. 145
SIS and organized crime	p. 146
Demeciarizing SIS	p. 149
The Securitate Legacy in Romania	p. 159
The origins, structure and size of Ceusescu's Securitate	p. 159
The internal and external activity of the Securitate, including the role of military intelligence	p. 178
The Securitate and the Romanian revolution	p. 194
Annex The informer network	p. 198
The Successors to the Securitate: Old Habits Die Hard	p. 211
Dismantling the Securitate	p. 212
The creation of the new security services: SRI, UM 0215 and SPP	p. 218
The Romanian intelligence service post-1990: The SIE	p. 228
Files and scandals	p. 231
Political accountability and its effectiveness	p. 243
Annex	p. 251
Conclusion	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 271
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