Whitehall panic over army dirty tricks

May 22, 2005

Whitehall panic over army dirty tricks



NEWLY released documents have revealed the confused reaction in Whitehall as officials tried to gag The Sunday Times over revelations of army dirty tricks, writes Gareth Walsh.

The papers, released under the Freedom of Information Act, concern reports based on information from a former army intelligence officer who used the pseudonym Martin Ingram.

Ingram, an agent handler with the undercover Force Research Unit (FRU), disclosed details of army collusion with loyalist paramilitaries. The documents show that although officials tried to discredit the articles when they were published in 1999 and 2000, they were accurate and embarrassing.

“It’s broom up the you know what day pour moi!!! This is how it was sent to No 10 — Enjoy,” wrote one civil servant in a note to the Home and Special Forces Secretariat of the Northern Ireland Office.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1622548,00.html

The average UKer still has some semblance of a conscience.

What a bunch of sick puppies. That's disgusting.