Northern Ireland dirty tricks allegations

Title

Northern Ireland dirty tricks allegations

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Richard Bestic interviews Labour MP Ken Livingstone who is claiming the British security services in Northern Ireland used a secret unit specialising in psychological warfare and dirty tricks. He claims the unit even supplied paramilitaries with guns and bombs. The government has officially denied it, but Livingstone insists it’s true.

Contributors

Ken Livingstone; Richard Bestic

Keywords

Government; Armed forces; Northern Ireland; UK; IRA; Intelligence service; Psychological warfare

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