The British government authorized their security services to
murder several UK citizens in order to protect one of their agents,
according to a new bombshell report.
The interim report about Operation Kenova – an independent
investigation into the activities of an government agent known as
Stakeknife – was presented by the probe’s former head, Jon Boutcher.
Launched back in 2016, the inquiry specifically dealt with the agent’s
involvement in the kidnappings, torture and murders committed by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
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reports: Boutcher, who left the probe in 2023 to become the chief
constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said he published
the preliminary report due to the slow progress of the prosecution
linked to the investigation. He slammed the British domestic
counterintelligence agency MI5 for what he called attempts “to undermine me and the investigation.”
Boutcher’s report said that he had to repeatedly raise “concerns regarding access to information” from MI5 and argued that “its strategy was one of delay.”
According to the document, lawyers representing former security force
personnel linked to those cases were granted much greater access to MI5
materials.
The MI5 effectively prevented Operation Kenova from submitting
evidence against the chief suspect identified as Freddie Scappaticci,
who was widely presumed to be Stakeknife, and other security personnel
to the prosecutors in October 2019, the report said. “MI5 informed us that the building’s security accreditation had expired and we therefore could not proceed,” the report stated, adding that the relevant documents were eventually only submitted in February 2020.
The probe examined a total of 101 murders associated with the IRA’s “nutting squad” –
the group’s internal security unit responsible for interrogating those
suspected of cooperating with the state security services. Stakeknife
was a leading figure in the unit and was allegedly personally linked to
at least 14 murders and 15 abductions, the Guardian reported, citing
sources close to the investigation.
The report dismissed the claims that Stakeknife supposedly saved “hundreds” of lives through his cooperation with the authorities, calling them “implausible” and “rooted in fables.” Boutcher also told a press conference on Friday that “more lives [were] lost than saved” as a result of his activities.
Boutcher admitted, citing the report’s findings, that the British
security services allowed murders to take place to protect the identity
of its informants within the IRA. He also said that “maverick culture” was created around the handling of agents, which was practiced “off the books.”
“Murders that should and could have been prevented were allowed to take place,” the police chief said. “State
agents do need to be protected through anonymity and secrecy, but that
protection cannot confer de facto immunity or a right to act with
impunity as that would be wholly incompatible with the rule of law and
human rights,” he added.
Kevin Winters, a lawyer representing 12 families of murder victims
linked to the Operation Kenova investigation, accused the authorities of
de facto conspiring with terrorists to murder British nationals for
their own gains.
“We are left with the horrendous conclusion and takeaway message
that both the state and the IRA were co-conspirators in the murder of
some of its citizens,” he told journalists, as cited by the Guardian.
The paper did not officially reveal the agent’s identity. Neither did
Boutcher, who cited the government’s confidentiality policy. He still
said that “we found strong evidence of very serious criminality on
the part of Mr Scappaticci and his prosecution would have been in the
interests of victims, families and justice.”
Scappaticci denied he was the Stakeknife. He died aged 77 in April 2023, without facing any charges.
The UK government said it would not comment on the report since its findings were described as interim.
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