Operation Torsion - Revision history

David at 14:21, 3 September 2012

2012-09-03T14:21:44Z

Tom Griffin: removing Debka material as probable disinformation that belongs on the Debka page if anywhere.

2012-09-03T13:49:12Z

removing Debka material as probable disinformation that belongs on the Debka page if anywhere.

Tom Griffin: Category:State Violence and Collusion Project

2012-09-03T13:48:19Z

Category:State Violence and Collusion Project

Claire Robinson at 22:08, 24 August 2009

2009-08-24T22:08:49Z

Claire Robinson at 22:08, 24 August 2009

2009-08-24T22:08:35Z

Tom Griffin: category:PSNI

2009-07-13T14:21:13Z

category:PSNI

Tom Griffin: /* Debka */

2008-04-01T23:21:09Z

Debka

Tom Griffin: debka

2008-04-01T20:20:55Z

debka

Tom Griffin: /* Surveillance operation */

2008-04-01T16:07:40Z

Surveillance operation

David at 14:44, 1 April 2008

2008-04-01T14:44:34Z

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−	[[Operation Torsion]] was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) operation that led to 'Stormontgate, the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.	+	[[Operation Torsion]] was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) operation that led to 'Stormontgate', the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.

	==Surveillance operation==		==Surveillance operation==

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	::Before Operation Torsion "went live", Chief Constable [[Hugh Orde]] had been fully briefed and the most senior uniformed officer in Belfast, [[Alan McQuillan]], had been brought into the picture.<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2448333.stm How Stormont 'spies' were rumbled], by [[Brian Rowan]], BBC News, 12 November 2002.</ref>		::Before Operation Torsion "went live", Chief Constable [[Hugh Orde]] had been fully briefed and the most senior uniformed officer in Belfast, [[Alan McQuillan]], had been brought into the picture.<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2448333.stm How Stormont 'spies' were rumbled], by [[Brian Rowan]], BBC News, 12 November 2002.</ref>
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−	~~==Debka==~~
−	~~The Israeli website [[Debka]] claimed that the alleged Stormont spy-ring may have passed intelligence to groups linked [[Al-Qaeda]].~~
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−	::The most urgent purpose of the parallel probes is to track down the recipients of the secret documents. It is believed that some materials reached interested parties in the Middle East. Thus far, two such parties have been identified as Palestinian agents based in Cyprus and Lebanon and Greek Cypriot agents who work the region. Both groups have longstanding ties both with the IRA and with Lebanese and Palestinians associated with Iraq and al Qaeda operatives in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf.<ref>[http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=203 Spy trail from Belfast to Middle East], DebkaFile, 17 November 2002, accessed 1 April 2008.</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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−	[[category:Spooks]][[Category:Northern Ireland]][[Category:PSNI]]	+	[[category:Spooks]][[Category:Northern Ireland]][[Category:PSNI]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project]]

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−	Operation Torsion was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) operation that led to 'Stormontgate, the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.	+	[[Operation Torsion]] was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) operation that led to 'Stormontgate, the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.

	==Surveillance operation==		==Surveillance operation==

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−	RUC operation that led to 'Stormontgate, the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.	+	Operation Torsion was an RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) operation that led to 'Stormontgate, the collapse of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] in October 2002, amid claims of an IRA spy-ring. It would later emerge that a key figure in the alleged spy-ring, [[Denis Donaldson]], was a British agent.

	==Surveillance operation==		==Surveillance operation==

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−	[[category:Spooks]][[Category:Northern Ireland]]	+	[[category:Spooks]][[Category:Northern Ireland]][[Category:PSNI]]

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 ==Debka==
-The Israeli website [[Debka.com]] claimed that the alleged Stormont spy-ring may have passed intelligence to groups linked [[Al-Qaeda]].
+The Israeli website [[Debka]] claimed that the alleged Stormont spy-ring may have passed intelligence to groups linked [[Al-Qaeda]].
 ::The most urgent purpose of the parallel probes is to track down the recipients of the secret documents. It is believed that some materials reached interested parties in the Middle East. Thus far, two such parties have been identified as Palestinian agents based in Cyprus and Lebanon and Greek Cypriot agents who work the region. Both groups have longstanding ties both with the IRA and with Lebanese and Palestinians associated with Iraq and al Qaeda operatives in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf.<ref>[http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=203 Spy trail from Belfast to Middle East], DebkaFile, 17 November 2002, accessed 1 April 2008.</ref>

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	::Before Operation Torsion "went live", Chief Constable [[Hugh Orde]] had been fully briefed and the most senior uniformed officer in Belfast, [[Alan McQuillan]], had been brought into the picture.<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2448333.stm How Stormont 'spies' were rumbled], by [[Brian Rowan]], BBC News, 12 November 2002.</ref>		::Before Operation Torsion "went live", Chief Constable [[Hugh Orde]] had been fully briefed and the most senior uniformed officer in Belfast, [[Alan McQuillan]], had been brought into the picture.<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2448333.stm How Stormont 'spies' were rumbled], by [[Brian Rowan]], BBC News, 12 November 2002.</ref>
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		+	==Debka==
		+	The Israeli website [[Debka.com]] claimed that the alleged Stormont spy-ring may have passed intelligence to groups linked [[Al-Qaeda]].
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		+	::The most urgent purpose of the parallel probes is to track down the recipients of the secret documents. It is believed that some materials reached interested parties in the Middle East. Thus far, two such parties have been identified as Palestinian agents based in Cyprus and Lebanon and Greek Cypriot agents who work the region. Both groups have longstanding ties both with the IRA and with Lebanese and Palestinians associated with Iraq and al Qaeda operatives in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf.<ref>[http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=203 Spy trail from Belfast to Middle East], DebkaFile, 17 November 2002, accessed 1 April 2008.</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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 ==Surveillance operation==
-According to the BBC's Brian Rowan, Northern Ireland Secretary [[John Reid]] authorised a major surveillance operation against the IRA by the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]] Special Branch, assisted by [[Security Service|MI5]], in the wake of the [[Castereagh break-in]].
+According to the BBC's Brian Rowan, Northern Ireland Secretary [[John Reid]] authorised a major surveillance operation against the IRA by the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]] Special Branch, assisted by [[Security Service|MI5]], in the wake of the [[Castlereagh break-in]].
 ::I understand Prime Minister Tony Blair was briefed by John Reid in September, by which time the investigation had reached a critical phase.

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		+	[[category:Spooks]][[Category:Northern Ireland]]