US EditionMI5 Has ‘Blind Spot’ over Northern Ireland Troubles, Boutcher Says
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher urges a comprehensive review of MI5's handling of Troubles legacy cases after report reveals MI5 withheld key information on agent Stakeknife.
- Following the Operation Kenova report's publication, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher faced calls at the Policing Board for a root-and-branch review after the final Kenova report this week.
- Kenova investigators found MI5 initially failed to disclose all it knew about Stakeknife, the Army agent widely believed to be Freddie Scappaticci, and the inquiry concluded protecting him appeared to outweigh protecting victims.
- SDLP Policing Board member Colin McGrath said the report showed MI5 had known about Stakeknife's crimes and `did nothing`, while Jon Boutcher said security forces are on a `journey` and warned of a `blind spot` in Northern Ireland.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he will respond to calls to name Stakeknife at the conclusion of the Supreme Court case, while Jon Boutcher urged government to digest the Kenova report and change legacy approaches.
- Operation Denton confirmed extensive and `deplorable collusion` between loyalist paramilitaries and security forces, while a Glenanne review was 80% complete when abandoned, complicating justice for victims' families.
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British security forces linked to “extremely vicious” sectarian murderers
A review into 98 cases of serious criminality linked to the so-called ‘Glenanne Gang’ has confirmed that there was extensive and “deplorable collusion” between loyalist paramilitaries and British security forces. A summary of the findings is found within the larger Kenova Report, set up to look into cases linked to an IRA infiltrator known as Stakeknife, who was responsible for multiple murders and kidnappings. Operation Denton was the section s…
‘Stakeknife’: MI5’s man inside the IRA
There is growing pressure on the government to formally name an MI5 spy who operated at the heart of the IRA for decades.Freddie Scappaticci, known by his codename “Stakeknife”, was outed in an investigation into the actions of Britain’s security services during the Troubles.Scappaticci was recruited by the British Army in the 1970s, working until the 1990s as a mole within the IRA’s internal security unit tasked with identifying and killing inf…
Operation Kenova and Operation Denton Reports
Sir Iain Livingstone and Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday delivered the findings of Operation Kenova and its off-shoot, Operation Denton. As per the wikipedia article “Operation Kenova is an ongoing criminal investigation into whether the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland failed to investigate as many as 18 murders in order to protect a high level double agent codenamed Stakeknife who worked for the Force Research Unit, while a…
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