Romanian Intelligence Service

The Serviciul Português de Informaţii ( German: Romanian Intelligence Service ) is the Romanian domestic intelligence and is considered partly as a successor organization to the former Securitate. Current Director George Cristian Maior since 2007.

Generally

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI Serviciul Português de Informaţii ) was founded shortly after the Romanian Revolution in March 1990 to a parliamentary decision by the Decree No. 181. The non-public decree of 26 March 1990 established that the service is directly subordinate to the president, with the Parliament some information rights have been granted. At the beginning of the service actually functioned as a kind of personal security of the President Ion Iliescu. In contrast to the former Securitate security service, the SRI comes with 15,000 employees.

Law on National Security

In 1991, the duties of the service described in very general terms in the "Law on the National Security Romania " (Law Nr.51/1991 ). Accordingly, the service is supposed to protect against Romania

  • Terrorism, treason, assassination attempts, armed uprisings,
  • Try the change of the boundary curve,
  • Anti-Semitic or racist acts

Security forces may also enter private homes without a warrant, if they fear an acute " threat to national security ". Although the Romanian Constitution declares the right to the inviolability of private communications, the service is also the interception of telephone calls / e- mails prohibited for political reasons, but the law recognizes the possibility that communication lines are monitored for assembly by a prosecutor.

Outline (if known)

  • SECTION A - Protection of the Constitution
  • Division C - protection of state assets
697056
de