The data shows that the number of application of operational measures is a few times smaller than the data published by the European Commission (EC), which said that Lithuania's law-enforcement had made more than 85,000 inquiries to mobile service providers over 2008. The numbers triggered indignation of some politicians over what they said was mass spying.
"The report will reveal the numbers that had caused a scandal in the past; just as we guessed, the data shows that the EC data was exaggerated by a factor of 4-5," Anušauskas told BNS.
In his words, the report would reflect the department's operational objectives, results and numbers of the use of the operational measures. The document should be presented to the public within the coming two weeks.
After discussing the department's report for last year in April, the parliamentary committee said that part of the document should be made public. Anušauskas said the move would boost public trust in the State Security Department, activities of which are often viewed with prejudice.
The 2011 scandal emerged after the European Commission said that Lithuania's law-enforcement had made 85,300 inquires to telecommunication operators for data in 2008. Representatives of relevant institutions then said that the data had been strained due to calculation methods and overlapping data, i.e., inquires to a few operators in connection to the same individual.
Presidential adviser Jonas Markevičius then said that President Dalia Grybauskaitė had appealed to the government over the problem.
2012 05 10
Lithuania's Security Department to publish data on phone spying
Arvydas Anušauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defense Committee, says that the State Security Department will publish a report containing data about the scope of operational measures.
. / „Reuters“/„Scanpix“ nuotr.
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