Gilowska unaware of cooperation, says former spy

The vetting procedure on former Finance Minister Zyta Gilowska has commenced. For the first time the testimonies of the witnesses were broadcast live on television. The key witness in the case, former officer at communist secret services Witold Wieczorek, said he registered Zyta Gilowska in 1986 under the pseudonym of Beata. "I knew Gilowska, because she was a friend of my wife Urszula. We met privately. I registered her as a secret cooperator, but she knew nothing about it," said Wieczorek. He also ensured that he did not pay Zyta Gilowska any type of compensation. Despite these announcements representatives of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) are skeptical towards the truthfulness of this story. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazetra Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.