Urząd Ochrony Państwa
Urząd Ochrony Państwa (; "Office of State Protection") or UOP was the intelligence agency of Poland from 1990 to 2002, when it was split into two new agencies. Foundation. The UOP was founded on 6 April 1990 as a department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Krzysztof Kozłowski served as the UOP's first chief from 1990 to 1992. In 1996 UOP was transformed into a separate government agency under the supervision of the prime minister. It was responsible for intelligence, counter-intelligence and government electronic security, including telephone wiretaps. Reasons for formation. The UOP replaced the communist -era Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB), I Departament People's Republic of Poland Ministry of Internal Affairs – intelligence, II Departament People's Republic of Poland Ministry of Internal Affairs – counter-intelligence, whose responsibilities had additionally included the suppression of opposition to the government prior to 1989. Agency split. In June 2002, the agency was split into two separate entities – Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego ("Internal Security Agency"), which deals with internal security of the country, and Agencja Wywiadu ("Intelligence Agency"), which deals with foreign intelligence.