Defense Minister says leak of agents’ names no threat to military intelligence service

Czech Minister of Defense Alexandr Vondra said on Wednesday that a recent leak of names of several communist-era secret police agents, some of whom allegedly are still active, did not constitute a threat to the country’s military intelligence. Mr Vondra added that no current members were among the names of communist spies, which appeared on the website of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian regimes in April and remained online for several weeks. The daily Mladá fronta dnes reported last week that the list included names of agents still active abroad and alleged that they may face serious threats to their safety following the publication of their names.