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Galko: I Suspect That Somebody Has Misused Military Intelligence
Friday 06 August 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) - There is a very serious suspicion that somebody has misused the Military Intelligence Service (VSS), Defence Minister Lubomir Galko (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) said following a session of the parliamentary committee in charge of supervising military intelligence on Friday.
The session saw a discussion on security clearance for the newly-appointed chief of Military Intelligence Service (VSS) Milan Hudec, who has been suspended over suspicions concerning his clearance certificate.
"Former premier (Robert) Fico gave a statement to the media. There is a suspicion that he would only have been able to provide it if he himself or somebody else had become acquainted with the security file of the person being checked [Hudec], or that somebody has become acquainted with information from the ongoing clearance process," said Galko, adding that he doesn't suspect any particular person of such activities.
"I'll insist that Fico should explain where he got hold of the information that he has provided to the media," stressed Galko. "Robert Fico said way too much of what he shouldn't and he passed on a great deal of information that he shouldn't possess," added the minister.
Speaking on Thursday, Fico harshly criticised Galko for denting Slovakia's credibility as a NATO-member state by putting at the helm of VSS a person who doesn't hold reliable security clearance.
Extrapolating from the info obtained, Fico stated that Hudec familiarised himself with the VSS framework after being appointed to the post without authorisation. "It's dangerous that Hudec has familiarised himself with the staff of VSS's undercover section. He had no business being there. Both Galko and Hudec put the safety of the institution in jeopardy," said Fico.
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