The Revolution File vs. Military Prosecutor Cătălin Ranco Pițu: “Every Army structure after January 1990 concluded that the terrorists did not exist”
The Revolution File vs. Military Prosecutor Cătălin Ranco Pițu: “Every Army structure after January 1990 concluded that the terrorists did not exist”

Summary/Abstract: Former military prosecutor General Cătălin Ranco Pițu has repeatedly claimed in Romanian media that after January 1990 ”every Defense Ministry structure” “without exception”—the air force (Aviaţie); the navy (Marină); territorial anti-aircraft defense command (Comandamentul de Apărare Antiaeriană a Teritoriului or CAAT); the infantry and tank command (Infanterie și Tancuri)—concluded that the “terrorists”—as presumed loyalists fighting on behalf of Nicolae Ceausescu were called in December 1989—did not exist. This article examines exactly the same documents Pițu invokes—my colleague Andrei Ursu and I possess a copy of the Revolution File (Dosarul Revoluției)—to show that exactly the opposite is true: all of these Defense Ministry structures concluded that the “terrorists” existed. Why does this matter? It matters because it is a simple litmus test on the prosecutor’s ability to tell the truth about December 1989 and thus the validity of the Indictment (Rechizitoriul) itself, which covers the killing and wounding of thousands of victims. Such a blatantly false statement about the after-action reports should raise questions about the credibility of the rest of Pițu’s case

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