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A handler who knew him on tap so that stakeknife always saw a soldier that he knew. scappaticci was handled with care because he was worth it. he had access to every ira department. he knew who was on the up, personal weaknesses, insights that could prove useful for turning others. he even vetted new recruits. the unit designed to protect the ira was, in effect, a gift to its enemy. the moment anything from stakeknife came in, we knew it had to be handed on immediately. it was definitely high—grade, about policy, rather than low—grade, about who was going to be attacked by a bomb or a pist...

So that stakeknife always saw a soldier that he knew. scappaticci was handled with care because he was worth it. he had access to every ira department. he knew who was on the up, personal weaknesses, insights that could prove useful for turning others. he even vetted new recruits. the unit designed to protect the ira was, in effect, a gift to its enemy. the moment anything from stakeknife came in, we knew it had to be handed on immediately. it was definitely high—grade, about policy, rather than low grade, about who was going to be attacked by a bomb or a pistol. i mean, he was obviously som...

Joe fenton, a suspected informer, had first been interrogated in this house before his execution. it's also where, several months later, another suspected informer, sandy lynch, was brought to. his account of what happened to him gives us the greatest insight into scappaticci at work as a spy catcher. an actor is giving voice to edited extracts of what lynch told the authorities about his ordeal. i belonged to the provisional irish republican army. the unit was under control of the belfast brigade. sean maguire was second—in—command. i entered the house. maguire was walking behind me. i we...

In later years, i've come to the view that that's perhaps what the internal security unit's real raison d'etre was, the real purpose was to protect the army council. the british wanted that army council post—1983 in place because they knew that the army council were assets, and i differentiate between assets and agents here, that they were assets in as far as they were going to deliver a solution. former ira prisoner gerard hodgins knew scappaticci to be part of the ira's security unit. i would have first bumped into freddie scappaticci from about 1986 onwards when i was initially working wi...

Religious laws are increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights groups, say activists