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Ex-spy says MI5 did not want Real IRA leader arrested

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David Rupert infiltrated the Real IRA, the group behind the 1998 Omagh bomb atrocity. His undercover evidence was used in 2003 to prosecute Michael McKevitt. Rupert says MI5 wanted to keep gathering intelligence but did not respond to BBC Spotlight's request for comment. The recent shooting of a top police officer shows the threat from dissident republicans has not gone away.

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Ex-spy says MI5 did not want Real IRA leader arrested

US trucker David Rupert infiltrated the innermost circles of the group behind the 1998 Omagh bomb attack.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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