THE British army took prized IRA double agent Stakeknife on holiday with the knowledge of MI5 — despite knowing he was wanted for questioning for murder, a probe found. Investigators also say the ...

The fallout from the publication in the media in 2003 of agent Stakeknife's identity is discussed in documents newly released to the national archives. A British Army agent at the heart of the IRA for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MI5 turned a blind eye to "grotesque" crimes committed by a British spy who infiltrated the IRA during the Troubles, a damning ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the countless people who provided intelligence to help the British state fight terrorism during the Troubles in Northern ...

There were concerns that Stakeknife – the British Army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA’s internal security unit during the Troubles – was “a danger to himself” in 2003, according to Irish Government ...

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Of the countless people who provided intelligence to help the British state fight terrorism during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (1968-98), Agent Stakeknife was the best known. He had a reputation ...

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