Polish prime minister cites secret Pegasus deal and names officials under investigation
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the security services signed a contract with an Israeli company for the Pegasus surveillance system and listed several former intelligence heads facing charges.
During a video statement, Prime Minister Donald Tusk revealed that Poland's internal security agency finalized an agreement with an Israeli company to obtain the Pegasus surveillance platform, emphasizing that operational control stayed with the Israeli side. He proceeded to disclose the names of seven former senior officials - Ernest B., former CBA chief; Piotr P., former ABW chief; Maciej M., former SKW chief; Daniel K., former deputy CBA chief; Jarosław W., former CBA Warsaw delegate; Katarzyna S., former head of CBA's First Operational-Investigative Department in Warsaw; and Angela P., an expert from that department - who are now accused of failing to secure necessary cyber-security accreditation, mishandling classified information, and providing false information to prosecutors and judges. The charges stem from the National Prosecutor's Office's Pegasus probe, which remains ongoing.
Why it matters
The case exposes potential lapses in Poland's intelligence oversight and raises concerns about foreign control of surveillance tools.
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