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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

How MI5 turned blind eye to IRA spy’s ‘grotesque’ crimes

MI5 turned a blind eye to “grotesque” crimes committed by a British spy who infiltrated the IRA during the Troubles, a damning report has found.

Agent Stakeknife worked within the internal security unit of the Provisional IRA, which interrogated people suspected of passing information to the security forces, while sending out his own intelligence reports.

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