The indictment concerning the lawful declassification of FRAGMENTS of an ARCHIVAL operational plan is motivated by nothing other than politics – wrote attorney Bartosz Lewandowski on X, who represents Prof. Sławomir Cenckiewicz in the case. The lawyer particularly draws attention to the timing of the investigators’ actions.
An indictment in the so-called “Vistula Line” case has been filed with the Warsaw District Court. Prosecutor Lt. Col. Marcin Maksjan accuses, among others, Mariusz Błaszczak and Sławomir Cenckiewicz of abuse of power. Growing numbers of voices argue that this is revenge for revealing operational plans—dating back to the PO-PSL government—that foresaw surrendering eastern Poland to the enemy in the event of an attack from that direction.
Prof. Cenckiewicz expressed satisfaction at having the chance to defend himself in court under the rule of law. Mariusz Błaszczak, for his part, stressed that “if faced with the same dilemma again, without hesitation he would once more declassify the documents showing the true intentions of Tusk’s team.”
Attorney Bartosz Lewandowski, representing the head of the National Security Bureau in this case, also issued a statement:
“The indictment concerning the lawful declassification of FRAGMENTS of an ARCHIVAL operational plan is motivated by nothing other than politics,” he wrote.
He emphasized that “the timing of bringing this indictment is not only politically motivated.”
“It is also meant to create an atmosphere suggesting that the Head of the National Security Bureau, Sławomir Cenckiewicz, cannot have access to classified information,” assessed Lewandowski.
He recalled that “already one court (an administrative court) crushed the actions of the services and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister against Sławomir Cenckiewicz.”
“I have no doubt it will be the same this time,” he concluded.
At the end of July this year, the Warsaw Provincial Administrative Court overturned the decision—appealed by Sławomir Cenckiewicz—to revoke his security clearance. Based on that ruling, the head of the National Security Bureau holds clearance for all classifications, including international secrets.