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[[William McGrath]] was a loyalist who founded [[TARA]] in 1966.<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace?, Pan, 1990, p.117.</ref> | [[William McGrath]] was a loyalist who founded [[TARA]] in 1966.<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace?, Pan, 1990, p.117.</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Liam Clarke]] attributes the following claim to an Army Field Intelligence NCO (FINCO) collating information on East Belfast in 1976: | ||
| + | ::McGrath was an agent whose first experience of spying had come in the 1950s when he smuggled bibles into Russia as a front intelligence gathering by MI6. | ||
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| + | ::His handler was an MI5 officer based in the Old Holywood Road who was later charged with an offence against a young boy.<ref>Cited in Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace?, Pan, 1990, p.355.</ref> | ||
In December 1981, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for sex offences carried out over a 20-year period at the [[Kincora|Kincora Boys Home]].<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace?, Pan, 1990, p.300.</ref> | In December 1981, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for sex offences carried out over a 20-year period at the [[Kincora|Kincora Boys Home]].<ref>Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace?, Pan, 1990, p.300.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 11 January 2014
William McGrath was a loyalist who founded TARA in 1966.[1]
Liam Clarke attributes the following claim to an Army Field Intelligence NCO (FINCO) collating information on East Belfast in 1976:
- McGrath was an agent whose first experience of spying had come in the 1950s when he smuggled bibles into Russia as a front intelligence gathering by MI6.
- His handler was an MI5 officer based in the Old Holywood Road who was later charged with an offence against a young boy.[2]
In December 1981, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for sex offences carried out over a 20-year period at the Kincora Boys Home.[3]
