British security services allowed a top spy in the IRA to continue committing serious crimes, police report finds.
British security services allowed a top spy in the IRA to continue committing serious crimes, police report finds.
By Caolán Magee
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The United Kingdom’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 protected an IRA double agent who committed murders during Northern Ireland’s Troubles and later avoided prosecution, a major investigation has found.
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