The Office of State Protection (Polish: Urząd Ochrony Państwa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈuʐɔnt ɔˈxrɔnɨ ˈpaɲstfa], UOP)[1]) was the intelligence agency of Poland from 1990 to 2002, when it was split into two new agencies.
The UOP was founded on 6 April 1990 as a department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
[2] In 1996 UOP was transformed into a separate government agency under the supervision of the prime minister.
It was responsible for intelligence, counter-intelligence and government electronic security, including telephone wiretaps.
The UOP replaced the communist-era Służba Bezpieczeństwa (SB), I Departament People's Republic of Poland Ministry of Internal Affairs – intelligence, II Departament People's Republic of Poland Ministry of Internal Affairs – counter-intelligence, whose responsibilities had additionally included the suppression of opposition to the government prior to 1989.