Editing Romanian Intelligence Service (section)

===Involvement in the Mineriad===
{{See also|Mineriad}}
The extent of the involvement of the Romanian Intelligence Service in the violent repression of the [[Golaniad|1990 anti-government protests]] has been a matter of debate. On June 12, 1990, the government decided that the Police and Army, in collaboration with the Intelligence Service, evacuate the protesters of [[University Square, Bucharest|University Square]].<ref name="Miclescu">{{cite news |title=Șaptesprezece ani de la 'mineriada' din iunie 1990 |first=Corneliu |last=Miclescu |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2007/06/070613_mineriada_istoric.shtml |work=[[BBC]] |date=June 13, 2007 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> During the violence that followed, the protesters attacked the headquarters of the Romanian Intelligence Service with rocks and [[Molotov cocktail]]s.<ref name="Miclescu"/>

The following days, miners brought by the government from the [[Jiu Valley]] violently repressed the protesters (killing several people and wounding thousands) and destroyed the opposition parties' headquarters.<ref name="Miclescu"/> According to a letter to President Iliescu drafted by then-Prime Minister [[Petre Roman]], the whole repression was organized by the secret services under the leadership of Virgil Măgureanu using the network of the Securitate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mineriada din 1990 a fost ORCHESTRATĂ de Virgil Măgureanu. Fostul șef SRI e acuzat în dosar |first=Alexandra |last=Ciliac |url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/stenogramele-mineriadei-1042855.html |newspaper=[[Evenimentul Zilei]] |date=June 17, 2013 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> This view is supported by military prosecutor Dan Voinea, who said that all the miner groups were escorted by police and SRI agents who led them to the headquarters of parties and NGOs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Voinea : Mineriada, un act terorist al instituțiilor represive ale statului |first=Cosmin |last=Ruscior |url=http://www.rfi.ro/articol/stiri/politica/voinea-mineriada-un-act-terorist-al-institutiilor-represive-ale-statului |work=[[Radio France Internationale]] |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224165219/http://www.rfi.ro/articol/stiri/politica/voinea-mineriada-un-act-terorist-al-institutiilor-represive-ale-statului |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the 2000s, [[Virgil Măgureanu]], the head of the SRI at the time, has been investigated by prosecutors (together with other leaders including President [[Ion Iliescu]]) for several counts including [[genocide]] and [[torture]], however they decided in 2009 not to charge him with any crime.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iliescu, iertat definitiv pentru Mineriada |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/iliescu-iertat-definitiv-pentru-mineriada-157483.html |newspaper=[[România Liberă]] |date=June 19, 2009 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref>