Lithuania’s parliament has decided that current laws allow manipulation of statements based on secret criminal intelligence and that disclosure of such information should be considered a crime.
Law on Criminal Intelligence
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Existing Lithuanian laws allow for political manipulation using classified criminal intelligence reports, an investigation by the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Legal Affairs has revealed.
The Lithuanian Seimas' Committee on Legal Affairs will carry out a probe into the use of criminal intelligence information.
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