The plan to confront the Co Tyrone ex-IRA prisoner was discussed on recordings made by MI5 in two houses that had been provided by agent Dennis McFadden. “He is someone I find of the highest integrity. It essentially operated like a digital marketing company as it built an online presence across multiple platforms, creating various accounts to reinforce its brand and distribute content wholesale. © 2020 Condé Nast. McGartland had a special tracking device attached to his car. Their methods were not met with approval by all residents. Funding and oversight of IRA and Prigozhin is also almost fully redacted. With his cover blown, McGartland was kidnapped in August 1991 by Jim "Boot" McCarthy and Paul "Chico" Hamilton, two IRA men with previous convictions for paramilitary activities. They posted job ads for real American writers to create content … a clear example supporting the hypothesis that the IRA engaged in narrative laundering.”. Informers and agents not only betrayed the IRA’s secrets, but some, such as Denis Donaldson, were used over decades, to influence its strategy at the highest level. So did members of the Trump campaign, including Trump family members (see pages 27-35 of the report). Instructions to the IRA read, at the time: “Main idea: use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and the rest (except Sanders and Trump – we support them)” (p. 25). [44], McGartland responded by lambasting May, pointing out that "this is one of the daftest things I have ever heard; everyone who is interested knows my past ... "[n]o current security interest is at stake." McGartland disavowed the film, stating, "The film is as near to the truth as Earth is to Pluto. “The excuse that a lost Black vote for Hillary is a Trump win is bs. To suggest An Garda Síochána was “immune” from infiltration by the IRA is “fundamentally wrong”, retired PSNI assistant chief constable Andrew McQuillan has said.. Two UVF men were killed by their own bomb as it detonated before they could plant it in the vehicle. The Smithwick Tribunal was investigated possible Garda collusion with the IRA in the murders of RUC officers chief supt Harry Breen and supt Bob Buchanan in March, 1989, shortly after they left Dundalk Garda station. Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It). They only wanted to pocket money. [30], Journalist Kevin Myers praised McGartland's heroism and the Sunday Express newspaper described him as a "real-life James Bond". "[44], In the same month, May made an application using the controversial "Closed Material Procedures" (CMPs) which are secret courts under the recent Justice and Security Act. May argued that were the government to confirm in one case that a person was an agent then refused to comment in another, that would give rise to the suspicion that the person worked as an agent thereby putting his life in danger, McGartland replied that May's argument would be reasonable if "those particular horses had not bolted long ago". He attended Vere Foster Primary School, a controlled school located in Moyard, Ballymurphy. . This news broke immediately after the Secretary of State's comments that he believed the IRA had ended all of its illegal activity. McGartland later attended St Thomas' Secondary School. In the course of one of our meetings, Martin opened up about the late Denis Donaldson, whom he had known when Donaldson was Sinn Féin’s head of administration in Stormont. Many fake news peddlers didn’t care if Trump won or lost the election. Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. "Informer fights for his life after shooting", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_McGartland&oldid=947597255, Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army members, Irish spies during The Troubles (Northern Ireland), 20th-century writers from Northern Ireland, Articles needing additional references from October 2017, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2018, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 March 2020, at 08:38. During his time as a Special Branch intelligence agent, he became close to senior IRA members, having daily contact with those responsible for organizing and perpetrating the shooting attacks and bombings throughout Northern Ireland. Gardaí were tipped off about the weapons dump after an agent in the north passed on details. The weaponization of memes were a crucial element in the IRA’s crusade, too. “There is something wrong in that analysis, but I’m particularly concerned about the legacy and the State security issues and those questions really need to be asked and answered.”. Was the IRA rendered ineffectual by many of its own members who were also informers and agents of the state? [25], McGartland moved to the north east coast of England, receiving nearly £100,000 (£208,500 today) to buy a house and establish a new life in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, going by the name Martin Ashe. In the end he managed to provide a handful of men and just three guns which make up almost all of the Belfast New IRA arsenal. Harrison, a soldier from London, was shot by the IRA at the home of his East Belfast fiancee where they were making wedding plans. So desperate were the group to acquire new weapons that they were planning to kidnap a former IRA member they believed had access to guns, and hold him hostage until he handed them over. Did spies within its own ranks bring the IRA in from the cold? 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Rubenstein Fellow in the Foreign Policy program's Center on the United States and Europe and adjunct professor of European studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Security sources told Spotlight that, by 1994, a majority of the seven-person IRA army council were effectively compromised because of their proximity to high-level agents. “The narratives,” the researchers write, “just evolved.”. Critics of the IRA leadership, most notably Gerry Adams, felt that the ceasefire was disastrous for the IRA, leading to infiltration by British informers, the arrest of many activists and a breakdown in IRA discipline resulting in sectarian killings and a feud with fellow republicans in the Official IRA. After highlighting the two books he has written about his life as an undercover agent, one of which was made into a successful film, he also noted there have been six television documentaries on him and a number of newspaper articles. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights. A total of 34 people - 27 in Dublin and seven in Monaghan - were killed on Friday, May 17th, 1974, in bomb attacks. [39], McGartland criticized the police for inadequate protection, but offered to testify on their behalf, saying: "There are people who have been the victims of terrorist attacks, who've lost loved ones, and some of them haven't been compensated. Over months, I listened to Martin, I never stopped asking him questions and I corroborated as much detail as possible without compromising him. Spread among Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, Twitter accounts, and YouTube channels, the IRA’s tactics ranged from ad targeting, meme warfare, video manipulation, and the creation of sham account profiles. Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch. A fire, bizarrely claimed to have been started accidentally, destroyed almost all the weapons retained by the organisation in Belfast. “This is a guy, very bright, very sharp, very focused, he is not someone who screams and shouts and jumps up and down, he’s someone who gets on, works with people and delivers,” Mr McQuillan said. Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One, Mr McQuillan said there had to be a change in culture in AGS and said Mr Harris was being brought in as part of a reform agenda. 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