Romania’s become "global intelligence leader", the country of all services. Elsewhere in the news, retirement meant to cover unemployment, moving money from pensions to cover budget holes, the low retirement ages and the "shameless pensions" have thrown the system into bankruptcy. Last but not least, the Romanian LibDem Party (PDL) is a springboard for ex-Securitate members.
We've become "global intelligence leaders", the country of all services, Gandul reads. In contrast to the US and Great Britain, Romania's got a classified number of secret agents. According to SIE (Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service), Romania employs at least 60 agents for every 100,000 residents, while the Americans have 9 and the Brits, 6.
Italian publication "La Repubblica" reads that Romania is world leader in intelligence services. According to the publication, not even Nicolae Ceausescu had so many spies, namely around 12,000 Romanian Secret Service (SRI) agents, figures mentioned by ex-SIE head Catalin Harnegea in the Romanian press. Claudiu Saftoiu, who ran SIE for five months, said the SRI structure has not been discussed during his mandate, but he believes that the figures are bigger than the ones mentioned by Harnagea. Saftoiu claims SIE employs 3,000-3,500 agents.
Presidential advisor on defence issues Iulian Fota insisted that the information regarding the number of agents is classified and refused to confirm any number. Ioan Stan, ex-president of parliamentary commission for the control of intelligence services, notes that the budget for intelligence services is voted without knowing its structure and believes Romania lives under the "secret-mania sign".
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