Military Information Services (Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne, or WSI) was a common name for the Polish military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency. The agency was created in 1990 after the Revolutions of 1989 ended the Communist regime as a merger between the former Communist agencies Internal Military Service (Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna, or WSW) and the Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army. The combined agency was originally known as the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence (Zarząd II Wywiadu i Kontrwywiadu); it was renamed to WSI in 1991. At first, all commanding and upper-level officers—and most of the employees—had direct personal and career links with the former Communist regimes of Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Military Information Services|
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Logo_of_the_Wojskowe_S%C5%82u%C5%BCby_Informacyjne.png/200px-Logo_of_the_Wojskowe_S%C5%82u%C5%BCby_Informacyjne.png) Emblem of the Military Information Services |
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Formed | 1991 (1991) |
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Preceding agencies | - Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence
- Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army
- Internal Military Service
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Dissolved | October 2006 (2006-10) |
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Superseding agency | - Military Intelligence Service
Military Counter-intelligence Service
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Type | Intelligence |
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Jurisdiction | Polish Armed Forces |
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Parent department | Ministry of Defense |
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By a vote of 375 - 48 in favor, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland voted in May 2006[1] to liquidate WSI in October 2006. Polish President Bronisław Komorowski (at that time as deputy) voted against.