Northern Ireland ombudsman investigates allegations that security forces allowed 2002 raid to happen to protect informantNorthern Ireland’s police ombudsman is investigating an allegation that one of the most daring IRA raids on an intelligence-gathering base during the Troubles was deliberately allowed to happen by the security forces.
A former Royal Ulster Constabulary special branch officer has claimed the atomize-in at the police’s Castlereagh holding centre in east Belfast 13 years ago was share of a ruse aimed at protecting a tall-level informant with the Provisional IRA.
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Source: theguardian.com