and other operations. that report by john boucher has a report which will get as close as anybody can get to what happened to stakeknife when he publishes his report, which is due later this summer. ijust got publishes his report, which is due later this summer. i just got an e mailfrom mr boucher later this summer. i just got an e mail from mr boucher saying later this summer. i just got an e mailfrom mr boucher saying now that mr stakeknife one mr scappaticci is now deceased, others will talk to him to fill in some of the gaps in what he had put together. the thing is, stakeknife s loved ones and individuals who lost their loved ones because they were executed, murdered by the ira and because it was believed that stakeknife was at the centre of that
live from london, this is bbc news. joe biden has said he aims to keep the peace before setting off to northern ireland to mark 25 years of the good friday agreement. the man accused of being britain s top spy in the ira has died. the imf has cut its forecast for global growth, particularly for the uk and germany, although it says most countries should avoid a recession. junior doctors in england have started a four day strike, a quarter ofi million appointments set to be cancelled.
was of the mind to work for the british, because he was involved with the ira, or else he would not have been targeted, why you decided to swap allegiances, nobody quite knows but it may well have been the prospect of getting what was alleged to be £75,000 a year that was a king s ransom in the 19705 and 805. i suspect, but i don t know, the main incentive was not ideological, but financial, and he carried on working for british intelligence, and he was the jewel in the crown of british intelligence for 25 years. in the course of which, because he was a double agent, he was working for the ira a5 was a double agent, he was working for the ira as head of the security unit known as ira a5
american people. i m very grateful. i had an opportunity to work with the g ship party and tony blair, and i think the united states, the uk and ireland together were able to make a difference in northern ireland. there s a message there that the united states is committed to its friends and allies and when we were together, we can achieve things that are pretty special. i m very proud of that moment, very proud of that process and i m especially pleased for the people of northern ireland who deserve to live in a normal society. it’s northern ireland who deserve to live in a normal society. in a normal society. it s good to talk to you in a normal society. it s good to talk to you on in a normal society. it s good to talk to you on the in a normal society. it s good to talk to you on the programme. | talk to you on the programme. mitchell reese, partner with the brunswick group and former special envoy under george w. bush. thank you for being with us. envoy under george w. bu
left northern ireland in 2003 after several media organisations alleged he had been working for the army while he was the head of the ira s internal security unit. joining me now is thejournalist peter taylor, who s just released a new book operation chiffon: the secret story of m15 and m16 and the road to peace in ireland. thank you for being with us. explain first of all who this man was? freddie stak, aka stakaknife, was an italian immigrant living in northern ireland, allegedly recruited by the british army known as the false research unit 221. he was recruited whilst walking his greyhounds freddie scappaticci. he was recruited by the army. why he