Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes publishes names of some current secret police agents by mistake

The government-run Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes which in April published a list of spies from the communist era inadvertently included the names of several people who allegedly still work for military intelligence, among them a number of agents still active abroad, the daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Monday. The paper said the agents in question, whose names were online for several weeks, may now face a serious threat to their lives and safety. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said that while the military intelligence considered the publication problematic, a risk for the agency as such was unlikely. The security and defence committee of the Czech Parliament’s lower house is set to debate the issue.

Author: Jan Richter