Ex Bulgaria FBI Head Ordered Scandalous 'Galeria' Spying Case

Politics » DOMESTIC | September 2, 2009, Wednesday // 19:33
Ex Bulgaria FBI Head Ordered Scandalous �Galeria’ Spying Case: Ex Bulgaria FBI Head Ordered Scandalous 'Galeria' Spying Case Kostov, the chairman of the parliamentary commission for the control of DANS and the leader of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party (DSB), stated Wednesday that Petko Sertov had ordered the �Galeria' case. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Ivan Kostov, the leader of the Rightist DSB party, has stated the ex head of the Bulgaria State National Security Agency (DANS) was the guarantor of the scandalous ‘Galeria' spying case.

Kostov, the chairman of the parliamentary commission for the control of DANS and the leader of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party (DSB), stated Wednesday that Petko Sertov had ordered the ‘Galeria' case.

Kostov spoke after meeting with the new DANS chief, Tsvetlin Yovchev. He said that the case is in the process of being declassified. It did not become clear if the signature of the then Interior Minister had allowed the scandalous spying work.

Kostov stressed that the case is in the process of declassification and according to him today after hearing the new President of the SANS Tsvetlin Yovchev the commission is not there it became clear signature of the then interior minister to activate the trial.

The next meeting of the parliamentary commission will be held in the DANS headquarters and Kostov stated that it will become clearer how the case will be declassified after the second meeting.

The "Galeria" case will be declassified on the basis of the Protection of Classified Information Act.

A scandal broke out about the case when members of the internal DANS committee leaked phone tapping information about people who were being investigated.

Ultimately, DANS acknowledged that the "Galeria" investigation had been diverted from its original targets.

The "Galeria" case was initiated because of a suspected leak of classified information by DANS. The investigation aimed primarily to trace the contacts of journalists with people from political circles and inside the Bulgarian secret service.

In addition, however, the investigation is thought to have delved into the lives of journalists from almost all national medias and a large number of MPs.

 

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Tags: Petko Sertov, Galeria, Ivan Kostov, DANS, Tsvetlin Yovchev

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