Deltaria

[Rogue]

Tsargrad - Plans by the Horvat administration to reorganize the intelligence community have sparked discussions on Deltarian safety as high ranking (ex) officials have rang the alarm bells. According to former Director of National Intelligence Bodgan Arcos the reorganization, as proposed by the Ministry of State Security, would "leave the Empire vulnerable for at least a year" as implementation of the reforms would leave a blow to intelligence operations that cannot be softened. Minister of State Security Renato Radić has proposed to break up the State Security Service (Služba Sržavne Sigurnosti) and seperate its foreign intelligence department, creating the new Foreign Intelligence Service (Vanjska Obavještajna Služba) which would be primarily responsible for foreign intelligence operations. The SSS would remain, but only for domestic intelligence and cyber operations. Additionally, both agencies would get the same funding as the SSS has currently, meaning that funding for intelligence operations would double if the changes are to occur. 

Despite this doubling in funding and the likely professionalization in the long run, the intelligence community has been alarmed by the potential short term effects of the changes. Lucijan Karabatić, current intelligence officer for the Majatran Theater, testified before the Intelligence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. He also warned for potential implications when these changes are to happen:

To be fair, i think the effects on foreign intelligence could be significant. As we transition to create a completely new agency, it is inevitable that current operations are distorted and a intelligence vacuum would occur. While temporary in nature, this would still mean that we are effectively blind in a period where Majatra is unstable and our eyes need to be open at all times. One way to solve the issue would be to hand over duties on foreign intelligence to the Military Intelligence Committee (Vojnoobavještajni odbor) temporarily and only hand them back to the new VOS when it is ready to launch operations independently. However, this too does not completely prevent a vacuum of some information, and thus our Empire would remain somewhat vulnerable

Prime Minister Horvat has reportedly personally involved himself in the matter, being in discussions with the Director of National Intelligence Kcsis Zsolt and Minister Radić on the best course of action. As it is a matter of national security, the eventual decision is likely to remain a state secret, as to prevent potential adverseries to use the transition period to their advantage. Foreign Secretary Tihomir Tanacković has also reportedly been in contact with his Istalian counterpart in seeking aid from Istalia during the transition period, hopefully allowing Deltarian vulnerabilities to remains limited.