Observer B - Revision history

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[[Observer B]] was an informant working for the British Army and [[MI5]] officers 'Julian' and 'James' in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101103103930/http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/evidence/K/KO_0002.pdf Witness Statment: Observer B]' Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 2 February 2000, archived at the National Archives.</ref>

Observer B reportedly told journalist Liam Clarke that he knew of abuse at the [[Kincora]] children's home.
::My case officer told me to leave McGrath to them and I have always believed they used the information (about his sexual activities) to recruit him as an informer," Observer B told me.

::He was referring to William McGrath, the housemaster of Kincora Boys' Home and one of three men later jailed for abusing youngsters in his care. Observer B, who had supplied a dossier to MI5, was promptly told to leave McGrath's Tara paramilitary group and join the UDA.<ref>Liam Clarke, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/blogs/liam-clarke/kincora-mi5-knew-about-it-but-did-nothing-that-much-is-certain-30434446.html Kincora: MI5 knew about it but did nothing, that much is certain], ''Belfast Telegraph'', 16 July 2014.</ref>

==External resources==
*[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101103103930/http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/evidence/K/KO_0002.pdf Witness Statement: Observer B]', Bloody Sunday Inquiry, archived at the National Archives.
*[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101103103930/http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/evidence/K/KJ_0004.pdf Witness Statement: 'Julian']', Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 2 February 2000, archived at the National Archives.

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 Observer B reportedly told journalist Liam Clarke that he knew of abuse at the [[Kincora]] children's home.
-::My case officer told me to leave McGrath to them and I have always believed they used the information (about his sexual activities) to recruit him as an informer," Observer B told me.
+::'My case officer told me to leave McGrath to them and I have always believed they used the information (about his sexual activities) to recruit him as an informer,' Observer B told me.
-::He was referring to William McGrath, the housemaster of Kincora Boys' Home and one of three men later jailed for abusing youngsters in his care. Observer B, who had supplied a dossier to MI5, was promptly told to leave McGrath's Tara paramilitary group and join the UDA.<ref>Liam Clarke, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/blogs/liam-clarke/kincora-mi5-knew-about-it-but-did-nothing-that-much-is-certain-30434446.html Kincora: MI5 knew about it but did nothing, that much is certain], ''Belfast Telegraph'', 16 July 2014.</ref>
+::He was referring to [[William McGrath]], the housemaster of Kincora Boys' Home and one of three men later jailed for abusing youngsters in his care. Observer B, who had supplied a dossier to MI5, was promptly told to leave McGrath's [[Tara]] paramilitary group and join the UDA.<ref>Liam Clarke, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/blogs/liam-clarke/kincora-mi5-knew-about-it-but-did-nothing-that-much-is-certain-30434446.html Kincora: MI5 knew about it but did nothing, that much is certain], ''Belfast Telegraph'', 16 July 2014.</ref>
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