Security services will examine the head of the National Security Bureau’s participation in classified meetings after a security clearance dispute.
Security Clearance Dispute
Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the coordinator of special services, stated on Thursday, February 12, that Sławomir Cenckiewicz lacks access to classified information due to ongoing administrative proceedings. “Therefore, he cannot be admitted in any procedure (even with one-time consent) to a meeting marked with a confidentiality clause. Disregard for the law and attempts at manipulation will absolutely not change the factual situation, i.e., the lack of a valid security clearance. The Internal Security Agency will take appropriate action in this matter,” he wrote.
Denial of Accusations
Dobrzyński firmly rejected the arguments of the presidential spokesman. “Presidential spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz is lying. Minister Tomasz Siemoniak exposes his lies,” he wrote on X.
This refers to Leśkiewicz’s statements in an interview with RMF FM, where he said that “at the RBN meeting, coordinator of special services Minister Tomasz Siemoniak was present and did not object to the head of BBN’s access to information.” Siemoniak responded by calling it a “blatant lie.”
Contradictory Information
Meanwhile, Marshal of the Sejm Piotr Zgorzelski told TVN24 that the head of the National Security Bureau, Sławomir Cenckiewicz, was admitted to classified RBN meetings based on a “one-time decision” by the head of the presidential chancellery.
Background on Security Clearance
Sławomir Cenckiewicz lost his security clearance in 2024 following a decision by the Military Counterintelligence Service. A year later, the Voivodeship Administrative Court overturned the decision, but the verdict is not final. The Chancellery of the Prime Minister appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, which has not yet ruled on the BBN head’s case. Cenckiewicz claims that after the WSA ruling, he has access to classified information, while the government maintains that the head of the National Security Bureau should still not receive information marked as confidential.