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To: maceng2 who wrote (94316)	4/17/2003 8:31:15 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

British security forces plotted sectarian murders with terrorists ananova.com [I've reported on this before. First time I have seen it confirmed. Proof, as if any was needed, that checks and balances are important. Yes.. your own side can be guilty of bad things too] An official report has confirmed British security forces staff were involved in plots with loyalist terrorists to carry out a series of sectarian murders in Northern Ireland. Following a four-year inquiry into allegations of widespread collusion between Special Branch, Army officers and Protestant terrorists, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens concluded there is proof of the use of agents in assassinations and the withholding of evidence. Sir John, whose inquiries centred on the shooting of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane by the Ulster Defence Association in February 1989, said that killing and the death of Protestant student Brian Adam Lambert in November 1987 could have been prevented. In a 20-page summary of his report, the Met chief also made 21 recommendations in a bid to safeguard future intelligence operations. These include a call for the Police Service of Northern Ireland to carry out a full review of all procedures for investigating terrorist offences. In his report Sir John said: "My inquiries have highlighted collusion, the wilful failure to keep records, the absence of accountability, the withholding of intelligence and evidence, and the extreme of agents being involved in murder. "These serious acts and omissions have meant that people have been killed or seriously injured." Sir John also set out how his investigation - the third since he was first brought in to examine collusion claims in 1989 - have been obstructed. He added: "I have uncovered enough evidence to lead me to believe that the murders of Patrick Finucane and Brian Adam Lambert could have been prevented. "I also believe that the RUC investigation of Patrick Finucane's murder should have resulted in the early arrest and detection of his killers."