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Encyclopedia > Agencja Wywiadu
Agencja Wywiadu
Agency overview
Formed 2002
Preceding Agency Urząd Ochrony Państwa
Jurisdiction Government of Poland
Headquarters Warsaw
Agency Executive Zbigniew Nowek, General
Website
http://www.aw.gov.pl

Agencja Wywiadu (AW) - Polish intelligence agency, tasked with the gathering of public and secret information abroad, vital for the country of Poland. Also see: 2002 (number). ... UrzÄ…d Ochrony PaÅ„stwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) was the Polish intelligence agency. ... This article is about the country. ... Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: , Country  Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government  - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area  - City 516. ... An intelligence agency is a governmental organization that for the purposes of national security is devoted to the gathering of information (known in the context as intelligence) by means of espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. ...


It was created in 2002 from the reform and split of Urząd Ochrony Państwa, which was split into Agencja Wywiadu (AW) and Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (ABW). UrzÄ…d Ochrony PaÅ„stwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) was the Polish intelligence agency. ...


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No "Zero Option" But A Shake :: The Reform of the Polish Secret Services :: (by David M. Dastych) - Media Monitors ... (2822 words)
The office of the Minister-Coordinator should be abolished and, in its place, an Intelligence Community should be established to serve to the main political leaders of the country.
The Intelligence Community should be led by the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency (Agencja Wywiadu, AW).
The powers of the Internal Security Agency (Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego, ABW), formed mainly on the base of the former UOP, should embrace the counter-intelligence, the constitutional state protection, the fight against the corruption in the state administration and against the organized crime.
Attention: disclaimer (248 words)
The name "AGENCJA WYWIADU" and its acronym "AW" shall be vested solely in the Agency established pursuant to Art.
Using the website of the Foreign Intelligence Agency shall take place only within limits stipulated in provisions of the Act of 4 February 1994 on copyrights and related rights (Ustawa z dnia 4 lutego 1994 r.
In any such case the Foreign Intelligence Agency shall apply for prosecution of an offender and hereby reserves the right to use any valid and available legal, organizational and technical measures in order to identify and call the offender to penal responsibility.
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