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	'''‘Lynn Watson’''' was the assumed identity of an undercover police officer who infiltrated activist groups, mainly in the northern English city of Leeds, between the years of 2002 and 2008. She was tasked by the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU) as 'one of the first in a team of 15 spies who would be sent undercover in one six-year period', according to ''Guardian'' journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, who devote part of their book, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'' to her.<ref name="ABK085p216">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p216.</ref> Subsequent to her deployment within peace, environmental and anti-authoritarian political movements, Lynn was placed undercover elsewhere,<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.005">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Rowenna Davis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy ‘Undercover policeman married activist he was sent to spy on’], ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> targeting serious organised crime networks.<ref name="TS3.001">Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20 April 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>		'''‘Lynn Watson’''' was the assumed identity of an undercover police officer who infiltrated activist groups, mainly in the northern English city of Leeds, between the years of 2002 and 2008. She was tasked by the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU) as 'one of the first in a team of 15 spies who would be sent undercover in one six-year period', according to ''Guardian'' journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, who devote part of their book, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'' to her.<ref name="ABK085p216">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p216.</ref> Subsequent to her deployment within peace, environmental and anti-authoritarian political movements, Lynn was placed undercover elsewhere,<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.005">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Rowenna Davis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy ‘Undercover policeman married activist he was sent to spy on’], ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> targeting serious organised crime networks.<ref name="TS3.001">Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20 April 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>

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 The explicit request to withhold her work name and image was justified with the claim that she was in the field as an undercover officer elsewhere at that moment, and needed to be safely extracted.
-This claim was repeated a few months later in an article in ''The Times'' by Sean O'Neill, a member of the Crime Reporters' Association, known for its close contact with police sources. The article explained that ‘Watson’ had been 'deployed in 15 operations involving serious organised crime, including drug trafficking and gunrunning' and that 'three covert operations against crime gangs in the East Midlands were abandoned because Ms Watson’s identity became known'. The article claimed that she had 'now been afforded "protected person status" under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act', and moved to a different part of the country with a new identity under armed police protection.<ref name="TS3.001"/>Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20/04/11 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>
+This claim was repeated a few months later in an article in ''The Times'' by Sean O'Neill, a member of the Crime Reporters' Association, known for its close contact with police sources. The article explained that ‘Watson’ had been 'deployed in 15 operations involving serious organised crime, including drug trafficking and gunrunning' and that 'three covert operations against crime gangs in the East Midlands were abandoned because Ms Watson’s identity became known'. The article claimed that she had 'now been afforded "protected person status" under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act', and moved to a different part of the country with a new identity under armed police protection.<ref name="TS3.001"/>
 It should be noted that the acknowledgement of ‘Watson’ as a police officer working for [[NPOIU]] is a deviation from the claimed policy of '[[Neither Confirm Nor Deny]]'.

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	'''‘Lynn Watson’''' was the assumed identity of an undercover police officer who infiltrated activist groups, mainly in the northern English city of Leeds, between the years of 2002 and 2008. She was tasked by the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU) as 'one of the first in a team of 15 spies who would be sent undercover in one six-year period', according to ''Guardian'' journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, who devote part of their book, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'' to her.<ref name="ABK085p216">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p216.</ref> Subsequent to her deployment within peace, environmental and anti-authoritarian political movements, Lynn was placed undercover elsewhere,<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.005">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Rowenna Davis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy ‘Undercover policeman married activist he was sent to spy on’], ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> targeting serious organised crime networks.<ref name="TS3.001">Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20 April 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>		'''‘Lynn Watson’''' was the assumed identity of an undercover police officer who infiltrated activist groups, mainly in the northern English city of Leeds, between the years of 2002 and 2008. She was tasked by the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU) as 'one of the first in a team of 15 spies who would be sent undercover in one six-year period', according to ''Guardian'' journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, who devote part of their book, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'' to her.<ref name="ABK085p216">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p216.</ref> Subsequent to her deployment within peace, environmental and anti-authoritarian political movements, Lynn was placed undercover elsewhere,<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.005">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Rowenna Davis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy ‘Undercover policeman married activist he was sent to spy on’], ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> targeting serious organised crime networks.<ref name="TS3.001">Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20 April 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>

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 :*In general she was good at doing admin and the 'donkey work', which got her recommended to others as someone competent and reliable.<ref name="s.tw.i"/>
-:*Using practical skillsets such as driving<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="s.tw.i"/> and first aid.<ref name="GN3.004"/><ref name="IM3.002">ABC Anarres, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472363.html ‘Three undercover political Police unmasked as infiltrators into UK Anarchist, Anti-Fascist and Climate Justice movements’], ''Indymedia UK'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>.
+:*Using practical skillsets such as driving<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="s.tw.i"/> and first aid.<ref name="GN3.004"/><ref name="IM3.002"/>
 :*Being a point of contact for groups.<ref name="s.tw.i"/><ref name="IM3.002"/><ref name="IM3.012">murp, [http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2011/01/472317.html?c=on#c263145 ‘Lynn G8 Russia correction’], ''Sheffield Indymedia'', 18 January 2011 (accessed 24 May 2014).</ref>
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 Contrary to other undercover police officers exposed to date, Lynn did not have sexual relationships with fellow activists. The only time she slept with an activist was at the first Camp for Climate Action at the Drax power plant in summer 2006.<ref name="ABK085p221">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p221</ref> The male activist told ''the Guardian'' the one-night stand,instigated by the female officer was 'nothing meaningful'.<ref name="GN3.013">Paul Lewis & Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/17/spies-sexual-relations-activists-routine ‘Police spies court case suggest sexual relations with activists were routine’], ''The Guardian'', 17 January 2013 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>
-Aside from this, there have only been vague or unsubstantiated suggestions online about other sexual liaisons with activists,<ref name="IM3.002">ABC Anarres, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472363.html ‘Three undercover political Police unmasked as infiltrators into UK Anarchist, Anti-Fascist and Climate Justice movements’], ''Indymedia UK'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="IM3.010">Sleaze-watch, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/471994.html?c=on#c262564 ‘She may not have put it about like Shagger Stone…’], ''Indymedia UK'', 19 January 2014 (accessed 16 May 2014).</ref> though people close to her at the time remember it as little more than 'a couple of snogs'.<ref name="s.tw.i"/> For the first year and a half in Leeds she remained single, saying she was not ready for any new relationships, using the excuse of her recent break-up.<ref name="ABK085p221"/>
+Aside from this, there have only been vague or unsubstantiated suggestions online about other sexual liaisons with activists,<ref name="IM3.002"/><ref name="IM3.010">Sleaze-watch, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/471994.html?c=on#c262564 ‘She may not have put it about like Shagger Stone…’], ''Indymedia UK'', 19 January 2014 (accessed 16 May 2014).</ref> though people close to her at the time remember it as little more than 'a couple of snogs'.<ref name="s.tw.i"/> For the first year and a half in Leeds she remained single, saying she was not ready for any new relationships, using the excuse of her recent break-up.<ref name="ABK085p221"/>
 To Sam, she did talk about sleeping with men she met on nights out with friends not part of the activist scene, and professed attraction to a number of male activists.<ref name="sam.i"/>
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 * '''Camp for Climate Action''' - a key hub for environmental activists in the UK which facilitated a number of high profile and ambitious direct action campaigns, which she became increasingly involved in.<ref name="GN3.002"/><ref name="AWB025">Camp for Climate Action, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031039/http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/ ‘Camp for Climate Action’], ''Camp for Climate Action'' homepage, 6 January 2014 (accessed via archive.org 22 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.004"/><ref name="IM3.002"/><ref name="IM3.005">mini mouse, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378561.html ‘Campers Glue on to DfT’], ''Indymedia UK'', 17 August 2007 (accessed 16 May 2014).</ref><ref name="IM3.006">Werewolf, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378579.html ‘More pics from today's DfT protest’], ''Indymedia UK'', 17 August 2007 (accessed 16 May 2014).</ref><ref name="IM3.007">Camp for Climate Action, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378551.html ‘Climate Activists Blockade Department For Transport To Stop Airport Expansion’], ''Indymedia UK'', 17 August 2007 (accessed 16 May 2014).</ref><ref name="ABK085p220">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p220.</ref> In particular she helped facilitate the occupation of the sites for Drax in 2006 and Heathrow in 2007, as she was part of the closed 'land group' - the only people who knew about the location in advance.<ref name="s.tw.i"/>
 * '''Campaign for Accountability of American Bases''' - Lynn was not directly involved in the group, but she did take part in at least one demonstration called by it.<ref name="VD3.001"/><ref name="IM3.004">IMC Leeds Bradford, [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/leedsbradford/2004/07/294563.html ‘Independence day at Menwith Hill’], ''Indymedia UK'', 7 July 2004 (accessed 15 May 2014).</ref>
-* '''Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army''' (CIRCA) She became involved with  the Clown Army through a workshop on it put on by Leeds Action for Radical Change. She then took part with it in days of action against MP Hilary Benn in Leeds and the American spy base at Menwith Hill.<ref name="sam.i"/> One of the founders of the Clown Army, John Jordan (previously a prominent within Reclaim The Streets) noted that she 'was a totally bad clown, could not let go and be free, which is what clowns have to learn to do', and that she was not with the group long before moving on.<ref name="MS3.001">Solomon Hughes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110130190139/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/100343 ‘The long arm (and big feet) of the law…’], ''Morning Star'', 27 January 2011 (accessed via archive.org 25 May 2011).</ref><ref name="VD3.001">journeymanpictures, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5OlyT4bFk ‘Undercover Clown Cop: Lynn Watson – UK’], YouTube, 07/02/11 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.006">Paul Lewis, Guy Grandjean & Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/25/police-spy-lynn-watson-clown ‘Police spy Lynn Watson filmed in clown costume at anti-war protest’], ''The Guardian'', 25 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="AWB024">CIRCA, [http://www.clownarmy.org/ ‘Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army’], ''CIRCA'' website homepage, 2007 (accessed 22 May 2014).</ref><ref name="CN3.001">Channel 4 News, [http://www.channel4.com/news/undercover-police-officer-filmed-in-clown-costume ‘'Undercover police officer' filmed in clown costume’], ''Channel 4 News'' website, 25 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>
+* '''Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army''' (CIRCA) She became involved with  the Clown Army through a workshop on it put on by Leeds Action for Radical Change. She then took part with it in days of action against MP Hilary Benn in Leeds and the American spy base at Menwith Hill.<ref name="sam.i"/> One of the founders of the Clown Army, John Jordan (previously a prominent within Reclaim The Streets) noted that she 'was a totally bad clown, could not let go and be free, which is what clowns have to learn to do', and that she was not with the group long before moving on.<ref name="MS3.001">Solomon Hughes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110130190139/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/100343 ‘The long arm (and big feet) of the law…’], ''Morning Star'', 27 January 2011 (accessed via archive.org 25 May 2011).</ref><ref name="VD3.001"/><ref name="GN3.006">Paul Lewis, Guy Grandjean & Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/25/police-spy-lynn-watson-clown ‘Police spy Lynn Watson filmed in clown costume at anti-war protest’], ''The Guardian'', 25 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="AWB024">CIRCA, [http://www.clownarmy.org/ ‘Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army’], ''CIRCA'' website homepage, 2007 (accessed 22 May 2014).</ref><ref name="CN3.001"/>
 * '''Dissent!''' - an international network of anti-authoritarians established to organise against the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles in Scotland, with involvement from a number of the groups and individuals targeted by Lynn (as well as Marco Jacobs and Mark Kennedy).<ref name="GN3.002"/><ref name="GN3.004"/><ref name="IM3.002"/> She appears to have been very interested in it, and to have 'been right there in the thick of it'. This included attending organisational meetings, such as its first gathering (Brighton, circa February 2004), before it had even acquired its name, a subsequent gathering in Manchester (Summer 2004), and the Eco-village camp at Stirling which had come out of it.<ref name="p.n">Undercover Research Group: undated notes from 'Nick', an campaigner who knew Lynn Watson.</ref> Her main involvement however was through the UK Action Medics (below).<ref name="s.tw.i"/> Of note is that she persuaded the members of the Action Medics group that the main action during the G8 was going to be in Edinburgh rather than at Gleneagles, where the G8 meeting was actually taking place.<ref name="sam.i"/>
 * '''Earth First!''' - took part in at least one EF! Summer Gathering, where activists from across the country come together for discussions, training, planning and to socialise.<ref name="IM3.002"/> She otherwise did not show much interest in Earth First!<ref name="s.tw.i"/>

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 '''‘Lynn Watson’''' was the assumed identity of an undercover police officer who infiltrated activist groups, mainly in the northern English city of Leeds, between the years of 2002 and 2008. She was tasked by the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU) as 'one of the first in a team of 15 spies who would be sent undercover in one six-year period', according to ''Guardian'' journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, who devote part of their book, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'' to her.<ref name="ABK085p216">Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, ''Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police'', Faber & Faber, 2013, p216.</ref> Subsequent to her deployment within peace, environmental and anti-authoritarian political movements, Lynn was placed undercover elsewhere,<ref name="GN3.002">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/second-undercover-police-officer-unmasked ‘Second police officer to infiltrate environmental activists unmasked’], ''The Guardian'', 12 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref><ref name="GN3.005">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Rowenna Davis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy ‘Undercover policeman married activist he was sent to spy on’], ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> targeting serious organised crime networks.<ref name="TS3.001">Sean O'Neill, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article2992340.ece ‘Police infiltrator in fear for her life after gang cover is blown’], ''The Times'', 20 April 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref>
-Lynn's role as a long-term police spy in protest movements was publicly confirmed in January 2011 in the wake of the unmasking of [[Mark Kennedy]].<ref name="GN3.001">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/10/mark-kennedy-second-undercover-ecoactivist ‘Mark Kennedy knew of second undercover eco-activist’], ''The Guardian'', 10 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> Her current whereabouts, status and true identity are all unknown.
+Lynn's role as a long-term police spy in protest movements was publicly confirmed in January 2011 in the wake of the unmasking of [[Mark Kennedy]].<ref name="GN3.001">Paul Lewis, Rob Evans & Martin Wainwright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/10/mark-kennedy-second-undercover-ecoactivist ‘Mark Kennedy knew of second undercover eco-activist’], ''The Guardian'', 10 January 2011 (accessed 10 May 2014).</ref> Her current whereabouts, status and true identity are all unknown. Her cover name was later confirmed by the [[Undercover Policing Inquiry]], which has ruled in October that her real name as a serving police officer would be restricted.<ref name="mitting.npoiu.mindedto2.30Oct2018">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181030-NPOIU_anonymity-ruling_1_and_Minded_to_2.pdf Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit and its predecessor/successor units Ruling 1 and 'Minded to' 2], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 30 October 2018.</ref>
 ''N.B. This page is a work in process, we are open to comments and additions. [mailto:contact@undercoverresearch.net Contact us here], PGP available on request.''
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 A closed hearing in relation to her anonymity application was due to be held before 5 July 2018.<ref name="cti.explan.note.2May2018">Steven Gray, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180502_NPOIU_anonymity_applications_explanatory_note.pdf  Counsel to the Inquiry's Explanatory Note to accompany the Chairman's 'Minded To' Note 12 in respect of applications for restrictions over the real and cover name of officers of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit and its predecessor/successor units], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 2 May 2018.</ref>
-On 30 October 2018, she was given core participant status, the Inquiry Chair, Sir John Mitting, stating:<ref>Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181030_ruling_core_participants_24.pdf Core participants: Ruling 24], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 30 October 2018 (accessed 4 January 2019).</ref>
+* 2 October 2018: the Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, ruled that her real name could not be published.<ref name="mitting.npoiu.mindedto2.30Oct2018"/>
 :: EN34 was deployed under the cover name "Lynn Watson"... Evidence about her deployment will be given publicly by her and, almost certainly, by individuals whom she encountered during her deployment.
 :: She is a serving police officer. The evolution of her application for a restriction order in respect of her real and, initially, cover name has exposed differences of view and interest between her and the police force for which she works. She has a significant interest in the work of the Inquiry and fairness requires that she should be entitled to participate in it as a core participant. The need for her to do so has only become apparent relatively recently.

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 * 2 May 2018: Mitting indicated he would restrict her real name, but was rejecting an application to restrict her cover name, noting <ref name="mitting.npoiu.mindedto1.2May2018">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180502_NPOIU_anonymity_Minded_to.pdf Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit and its predecessor/successor units 'Minded to' Note], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 2 May 2018.</ref>
 :: EN34 was deployed by the National Public Order Intelligence Unit into several groups between 2003 and 2008. None of the members of the groups or their associates posed or pose a real risk to safety. The cover name of EN34 is in the public domain: it has been published by both the traditional and non-traditional media. No good purpose would be served by attempting to restrict it.
 :: The real name of EN34 is not in the public domain. Publication of it would give rise to very significant interference in the right of EN34 to respect for private and family life. It would not be necessary to permit the Inquiry to fulfil its terms of reference, which require only that the cover name is published, as it will be.
 On 30 October 2018, she was given core participant status, the Inquiry Chair, Sir John Mitting, stating:<ref>Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181030_ruling_core_participants_24.pdf Core participants: Ruling 24], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 30 October 2018 (accessed 4 January 2019).</ref>

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 ==In the Undercover Policing Inquiry ==
-In the [[Undercover Policing Inquiry]], she had been given the designation EN34 (for the N-cypher system see under [[N Officers]]. On 30 October 2018, she was given core participant status, the Inquiry Chair, Sir John Mitting, stating:<ref>Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181030_ruling_core_participants_24.pdf Core participants: Ruling 24], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 30 October 2018 (accessed 4 January 2019).</ref>
+In the [[Undercover Policing Inquiry]], she has been given the designation EN34 (for the N-cypher system see under [[N Officers]].
-:: EN34 was deployed under the cover name "Lynn Watson" by the National Public Order Intelligence Unit into several groups between 2003 and 2008. Evidence about her deployment will  be given publicly by her and, almost certainly, by individuals whom she encountered during her deployment.
 :: She is a serving police officer. The evolution of her application for a restriction order in respect of her real and, initially, cover name has exposed differences of view and interest between her and the police force for which she works. She has a significant interest in the work of the Inquiry and fairness requires that she should be entitled to participate in it as a core participant. The need for her to do so has only become apparent relatively recently.

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 Whereas Kennedy would remain until 2009 (officially with police at least), Lynn was withdrawn in 2008, following the approximate five year period of undercover work in the field. [[Marco Jacobs]] was in the field for a similar period of time, which indicates that the NPOIU had moved to a slightly longer period for deploying than the four years that had been standard for the [[Special Demonstration Squad]].<ref>Undercover Research Group, unpublished research.</ref>
-== Other Undercover Research Resources ==
+==In the Undercover Policing Inquiry ==
 :: * [[Lynn Watson Bibliography]]