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Former President Basescu chimes in with opinions in Kovesi-SIE scandal: “Either Ms. Kovesi doesn’t know SIE’s operational regulations or she engaged in a game that does not serve the country or her”

April 28, 2016

In an interview for the public broadcaster on Tuesday, ex-president Traian Basescu commented on the statements that National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Director Codruta Kovesi made about the activity of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), stating that the head of the DNA “engaged in a game that does not serve her.” “Here there are two options. […]

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