Intelligence control and oversight in Poland since 1989

The article presents Polish intelligence services from institutional perspective. The development of oversight and control system, which started in 1989, is still an ongoing process. Based on almost 30 years of experience it can be said that in Poland intelligence services are not about special tasks or privileges. They are rather a group of institutions which are subject to specific institutional oversight and control and are called special services. This paper focuses on institutional mechanisms of oversight and control and shows its most important elements: intelligence services, oversight institutions and institutions of control.