Kwasniewski exonerated by appeal courts as never having worked for SB

An appeals court has ruled that President Aleksander Kwasniewski told the truth saying he was never an informer of the former communist-era secret services (SB). The court however, confirmed that the information source, code-named "Alek" in the SB files, indeed refers to Kwasniewski. The files contain some notes from 1992 qualifying "Alek" as an informer. The judge nevertheless, decided that in the absence of any registration form, signature or audio recording to confirm that Kwasniewski consciously undertook to collaborate with SB, to dismissed the case. The judge also expressed reservations over testimony by a former SB officer, supposedly a l ink with "Alek" who denied Kwasniewski was ever an informer. Kwasniewski warned that the ring of justice would close in on those who could have tried to tamper with the archives and vowed to concentrate on his re-election campaign. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1) S.M.