Ethics in the Intelligence Service: A Case Study of Major Jan of Kościelec Pogorski Cover Image

Etyka w służbie wywiadowczej – przypadek mjr. Jana z Kościelca Pogorskiego
Ethics in the Intelligence Service: A Case Study of Major Jan of Kościelec Pogorski

Author(s): Robert Majzner
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Military history, Political history, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Second Republic of Poland; General Staff of Polish Army; military intelligence; military attachés; military judiciary; Polish Legation in Rome;

Summary/Abstract: According to the regulations on the intelligence service in the Polish Army that came into life in 1919, it was to be based on ideological principles, and the service of individuals acting for fi nancial purposes was to be used only exceptionally, i.e. in the case of particularly precious intelligence materials. In reality, undercover agents and paid informers were used to obtain information. As a result, there were also cases of embezzlement or money wangling from the intelligence funds.

  • Issue Year: 55/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 93-112
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish