Secret information leaks from Czech counter-intelligence agency

A list of people cooperating with the civil intelligence services has been leaked by sources within the Economic Department of the Czech counter-intelligence agency BIS, the Aktualne.cz news website reported. The department focuses on the state's economic interest and deals with such issues as data security during privatisations, checking of applicants for state orders and monitoring the activities of financial groups. The data have already leaked into business circles. The person responsible for the leak is not yet known but it is clear that it must have been an employee of the Czech counter-intelligence service, the website reported.