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Provides a detailed account of the democratization & professionalization of Romania's intelligence services as Romania's broader democratic transformation & consolidation & shifts in the security environment allowed the services to transition away from a dictatorial instrument to an effective community. After identifying the components of the new intelligence system devised in the 1990s, transition challenges & oversight & accountability issues & mechanisms are discussed. Attention is also given to the relationship between the intelligence services & civil society, the Council for Studying Securitate Archives, the role of the Ombudsman & the European Court of Human Rights, personnel & career development, the influence of Romanian NATO/EU membership on intelligence reform & effectiveness, the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on intelligence reform & effectiveness, & interagency cooperation. It is concluded that Romanian intelligence services transformation has been slow but positive. D. Edelman