Espionage, Romania, World, Law Enforcement, Non-US Legal Systems, Criminology, Democracy, European, Comparative Politics, National & International Security, Social Services & Welfare, Europe, International Relations, Government, Political Ideologies 

The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control. - from Amzon 

Table of Contents
1 Introduction Kieran Williams......................................................... p. 1
What is security intelligence? .................................................... p. 1
Comparative framework for control and oversight.......................... p. 4
Complaints procedures............................................................... p. 16
Post-communism's specificities.................................................... p. 17
2 The StB in Czechoslovakia, 1945-89 by Kieran Williams ..................... p. 24
The origin of a political police p. 27
Deviations from the political-police identity................................... p. 30
The informer legions.................................................................. p. 32
The extent of surveillance and persecution.................................... p. 37
Major operations against society.................................................. p. 39
The StB in November 1989......................................................... p. 45
3 Czechoslovakia, 1990-2 Kieran Williams......................................... p. 55
The imperfect purge.................................................................. p. 57
New institutions........................................................................ p. 62
Legislating for FBIS ................................................................... p. 66
The brief life of FBIS.................................................................. p. 69
Lustration................................................................................. p. 73
Conclusion................................................................................ p. 76
4 The Czech Republic since 1993 by Kieran Williams............................ p. 83
The security and institutional contexts p. 83
BIS Mk I................................................................................... p. 87
BIS Mk II.................................................................................. p. 92
The man from Mars.................................................................... p. 102
Foreign relations........................................................................ p. 111
The StB legacy........................................................................... p. 113
Conclusion................................................................................. p. 114
5 Slovakia since 1993 Kieran Williams ............................................. p. 123
The Meciar factor....................................................................... p. 124
The legislative framework............................................................ p. 126
SIS's false start.......................................................................... p. 127
Lexa's unsecret service............................................................... p. 130
Parliament's unseeing 'eye of the cyclops' ..................................... p. 140
Foreign relations........................................................................ p. 145
SIS and organized crime ............................................................ p. 146
Demeciarizing SIS...................................................................... p. 149
6 The Securitate Legacy in Romania Dennis Deletant........................... p. 159
The origins, structure and size of Ceusescu's Securitate................... p. 159
The internal and external activity of the Securitate, including the role of
military intelligence .................................................................... p. 178
The Securitate and the Romanian revolution.................................. p. 194
Annex The informer network........................................................ p. 198
7 The Successors to the Securitate: Old Habits Die Hard Dennis Deletant p. 211
Dismantling the Securitate p. 212
The creation of the new security services: SRI, UM 0215 and SPP..... p. 218
The Romanian intelligence service post-1990: The SIE.................... p. 228
Files and scandals...................................................................... p. 231
Political accountability and its effectiveness................................... p. 243
Annex...................................................................................... p. 251
Conclusion Kieran Williams........................................................... p. 263
Bibliography................................................................................. p. 265
Index........................................................................................... p. 271