Polish security services will investigate after Sławomir Cenckiewicz was barred from classified meetings due to ongoing legal proceedings.
Special services to investigate National Security Office head
Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for the coordinator of special services, informed on Thursday, February 12, that Sławomir Cenckiewicz does not have access to classified information due to ongoing administrative court proceedings.
“In connection with this, he cannot be admitted in any form (even with a one-time consent) to a meeting classified as confidential,” Dobrzyński wrote. “The Internal Security Agency will take appropriate action in this matter.”
Decisive reaction to Leskiewicz’s words: “He lies”
Dobrzyński decisively rejected the arguments of the presidential spokesperson. “Presidential spokesperson Rafał Leśkiewicz lies,” he wrote on X. “Minister Tomasz Siemoniak exposes his lies.”
This concerns Leskiewicz’s claim that Siemoniak, who attended the RBN meeting, did not raise objections regarding Cenckiewicz’s access to information. Siemoniak reacted by calling this “a blatant lie.”
Contradictory statements on Cenckiewicz’s access
Meanwhile, Marshal of the Sejm Piotr Zgorzelski conveyed on TVN24 that Cenckiewicz was admitted to confidential RBN meetings by virtue of a “one-time decision” by the head of the president’s chancellery.
Cenckiewicz without access to classified information
Sławomir Cenckiewicz lost his security clearance in 2024 following a decision by the Military Counterintelligence Service. A year later, the Provincial Administrative Court overturned the decision, but the verdict is not yet final.
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister has filed an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court. While Cenckiewicz claims he has access to classified information after the WSA ruling, the government maintains he should not receive information covered by confidentiality.