Misinformation

The documents proving the SRI (Romanian Secret Service) did political police action were falsified. Yesterday it was the same Mugur Ciuvica, a head of the Group for Political Investigations, who produced the 'authentic' documents, bearing the signature of the SRI chief accompanied by the direction that they should be provided to the Romanian President.
According to Mugur Ciuvica, it was the SRI chief Radu Timofte who consented and the documents were sent to President Traian Basescu. Sergiu Medar, formerly a chief of the National Security Department and also a presidency adviser, knows nothing about these reports.
And there is also the fact that, apart from the two documents, Mugur Ciuvica fetched another two: one on "intention of the Social-Democrat Party to replace Victor Ponta as secretary of the Chamber of Deputies" and the other one, dated October 21, 2005, regarding "certain intentions of the National Liberal Party". The documents were also meant for the Inspectorate for Constitution Protection and Economic Security in the SRI, a department that "identifies and evaluates local and regional risks with possible influences or determinations on Romania's national security".
The SRI postponed the presentation of the report to the parliamentary committee. Ion Stan, a member of the latter committee and formerly a head of it, claims it is about misinformation plotted by foreign secret services. As for Mugur Ciuvica, he claims he has produced the authentic documents because the SRI didn't admit the their authenticity and President Basescu didn't take distance from political police action. (...)
Radu Stroe, head of the parliamentary committee of control over the SRI: "I'm dreaded !"
"Reading the materials from the Group for Political Investigations, I am seized with dread, if these things are real. I thought it was an accident, but I see things are getting complicated. The new information unveiled casts a different light on the whole case. And a mere report from the SRI can no longer be enough for the committee. I am waiting to see the documents from the Group for Political Investigations. Yesterday they called the committee to say they wanted to hand us the authentic materials".
Social-Democrat deputy Victor Ponta: "Not a serious thing"
"This is not a serious thing, since the great news on replacing me was in the press. I don't know if the SRI or someone else monitors the press. That famous information on myself being sacked as a secretary was in the whole press then, there was nothing secret. In my opinion, this is just a continuation of the battle between the National Liberal Party and the SRI and I can't understand while I am involved in it". (...)

Doru Dragomir, Razvan Gheorghe & Marius Batca
Ziua tuesday 2 october 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english