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MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 December 2025

Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of MI5’s handling of double agent

Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and then impeded a police investigation into the affair, according to a damning official report.

MI5 helped the double agent known as Stakeknife to evade justice from a perverse sense of loyalty that outlasted Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the police investigation known as Operation Kenova said on Tuesday.

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MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 December 2025

Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of MI5’s handling of double agent

Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and then impeded a police investigation into the affair, according to a damning official report.

MI5 helped the double agent known as Stakeknife to evade justice from a perverse sense of loyalty that outlasted Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the police investigation known as Operation Kenova said on Tuesday.

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MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 December 2025

Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of MI5’s handling of double agent

Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and then impeded a police investigation into the affair, according to a damning official report.

MI5 helped the double agent known as Stakeknife to evade justice from a perverse sense of loyalty that outlasted Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the police investigation known as Operation Kenova said on Tuesday.