14 August 2000 WARSAW-The atmosphere and air in the overcrowded courtroom could be cut with a knife. “In the name of the Polish Republic, the Vetting Court confirms that the lustration statement of [President] Aleksander Kwasniewski corresponds to the truth,” the judge read methodically as he outlined the key sentence of the verdict, which referred to Kwasniewski’s assertion that he […]

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