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*'''4''' - 29-year-old Gerard Casey, an IRA member from Rasharkin in North Antrim, was shot dead by the UDA/UFF, using intelligence documents supplied by Brian Nelson.<ref>Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 186.</ref> | *'''4''' - 29-year-old Gerard Casey, an IRA member from Rasharkin in North Antrim, was shot dead by the UDA/UFF, using intelligence documents supplied by Brian Nelson.<ref>Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 186.</ref> | ||
| − | *'''11 | + | *'''7'''' - An [[FRU]] contact form records [[Brian Nelson]] telling his handlers that no arms had been imported as a result of his 1985 trip to South Africa. He is reported to have said that, "when I went the deal did not materialise because the UDA could not fund the purchase.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> |
| + | *'''11''' - RUC SACC [[Blair Wallace]] indicated that he had raised the matter of agent-handling guidance with Minister of State, [[Ian Stewart]], on 11 April 1989 "and was told that it had not been forgotten about".<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch4">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter004/ Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | ||
*'''28''' - In a note to the Attorney-General, the [[Security Service]] legal adviser recommended that the Home Office Guidelines be amended "to allow effective but properly supervised use of agents in countering terrorism."<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch4">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter004/ Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | *'''28''' - In a note to the Attorney-General, the [[Security Service]] legal adviser recommended that the Home Office Guidelines be amended "to allow effective but properly supervised use of agents in countering terrorism."<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch4">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter004/ Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:06, 15 December 2012
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1989.
January
- 30 - A search in the Shankill area of Belfast recovered 2,500 rounds of ammunition and firearms including a machine gun.[1]
February
- Circa 8 - Four days before Pat Finucane was killed, Brian Nelson passed a photograph of him to the UFF.[2]
- 12 - Pat Finucane shot dead in front of his family at his North Belfast home.[3]
- 14 - John Joe Davey, a 58-year-old veteran of the IRA border campaign and a Sinn Féin councillor in Magherafelt, shot dead by the UVF. Nelson had supplied files on him to the UDA, UVF and to Michael Stone.[4]
- 22 - Patrick Feeney, a 32-year-old Catholic, shot dead at the linen mill where he worked as a security guard by the UDA/UFF, who had been given a file on him by Brian Nelson. He had no paramilitary connections.[5]
April
- 4 - 29-year-old Gerard Casey, an IRA member from Rasharkin in North Antrim, was shot dead by the UDA/UFF, using intelligence documents supplied by Brian Nelson.[6]
- 7' - An FRU contact form records Brian Nelson telling his handlers that no arms had been imported as a result of his 1985 trip to South Africa. He is reported to have said that, "when I went the deal did not materialise because the UDA could not fund the purchase.[7]
- 11 - RUC SACC Blair Wallace indicated that he had raised the matter of agent-handling guidance with Minister of State, Ian Stewart, on 11 April 1989 "and was told that it had not been forgotten about".[8]
- 28 - In a note to the Attorney-General, the Security Service legal adviser recommended that the Home Office Guidelines be amended "to allow effective but properly supervised use of agents in countering terrorism."[8]
June
- 15 - submission to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland invites him to agree that an interdepartmental working group on agent-handling be established under NIO chairmanship, in which there would be representatives of the Home Office, the Security Service and the RUC.[8]
- 24 - Liam McKee, a 39-year-old Catholic from Lisburn, was shot dead by the UDA/UFF. Although Nelson's files listed him as an IRA member, he had no paramilitary connections.[9]
- 27 - A letter from Senior Assistant Chief Constable (SACC) Blair Wallace to the RUC Chief Constable expresses frustration at the slow pace of progress on agent-handling guidelines.[8]
July
- July undated - Brian Nelson received a report on the movements of solicitor Paddy McGrory. Although he passed the details on to his FRU handlers, McGrory was never warned. In the event, no attempt was made on his life.[10] According to journalist John Ware, the information was never entered on the official FRU record.[11]
- 4 - Browning pistol used in the killing of Pat Finucane recovered from a house off the Shankill.[12]
- 4 - Northern Ireland Secretary agrees to set up a Working Group on agent-handling.[8]
- 13 - A minute of this date from the then MI5 Director General indicated that the Security Service did not consider itself bound by Home Office guidelines on agent-handling as "… there is already a mechanism for feeding the results of considerations in Northern Ireland into the Home Office".[8]
August
- 25 - Loughlin Maginn, a 28-year-old Catholic from Rathfriland in Co. Down, was shot dead by the UDA/UFF.[13]
October
- 2 - First meeting of the Northern Ireland Office Working Group on agent-handling.[8]
November
- 8 - Brian Nelson informs his FRU handlers that L/22 had shot T/27 in 1985. This information was passed to the RUC in a MISR.[7]
- 9 - Second meeting of the Northern Ireland Office Working Group on agent-handling agrees that a new set of guidelines is needed.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Action taken by the security forces to tackle loyalist terrorism, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Barry McCaffrey, At least 29 killings blamed on actions of double agent;The secrets that died with Brian Nelson THE DEATH OF BRITISH ARMY AGENT 6137, Irish News, 14 April 2003.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 185.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 186.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 185.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 186.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 186.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 189.
- ↑ John Ware, Plot to kill Belfast lawyers revealed, The Guardian, 2 August 2002.
- ↑ Johnston Brown, Into The Dark: 30 Years in the RUC, Gill & Macmillan, p.177.
- ↑ Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, Stakeknife, O'Brien Press, 2004, p. 187.
