Post by Totheleft on Mar 9, 2024 4:01:20 GMT
Scappaticci: Report says Army's top IRA spy cost more lives than he saved
An Army spy operating at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland probably cost more lives than he saved, a report has found.
Operation Kenova investigated the agent known as Stakeknife.
It said speculation he had saved hundreds of lives was wrong; it was more likely between high single figures and low double figures.
It found the security forces failed to prevent some murders to try to protect their agents in the IRA.
An Army spy operating at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland probably cost more lives than he saved, a report has found.
Operation Kenova investigated the agent known as Stakeknife.
It said speculation he had saved hundreds of lives was wrong; it was more likely between high single figures and low double figures.
It found the security forces failed to prevent some murders to try to protect their agents in the IRA.
