OPERATION KENOVA | STAKEKNIFE, The IRA's Internal Security Unit & Boucher's Report| Ricky O' Rawe

The Good Listener Podcast

Ex-IRA volunteer and author of the “Stakeknife's Dirty War", Richard O Rawe returns to the pod to share his analysis on the recently published and long awaited, Operation Kenova (interim report). This was an investigation into the FRU (force research unit) agent code named Stakeknife and the IRA’s internal security unit better known as the “nutting squad”.
Richard walks us through the biggest takeaways from the investigation, the goods & bads from the report and his expectations for the final report, due in 2/3 months which will go into specific cases.
For those who may have seen my interview with ex-IRA volunteer Seamus Kearney (Seamus’ younger brother Michael was m*rdered by Stakenifes unit after being falsely labeled an informant and Seamus firmly believes that he was set up by British security forces in order to cover for a real informant), I can reveal new information that has been verbally confirmed by the Kenova investigation team. (Interview w/ Seamus from August 2023 • EX-IRA MAN EXPOSES Ministry Of Defenc... )
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Recap on Stakenife/Scap
8:25 Stakeknife NOT NAMED in the report
13:25 Ricky’s expectations for the report
21:00 UPDATE ON SEAMUS KEARNEY PODCAST (Brother Michael m*rdered by Stakeknife’s unit)
27:05 Operational Failings section of the Kenova report
31:45 DID STAKEKNIFE SAVE LIVES?
36:40 “Falsehoods” addressed in Kenova report
40:15 Collusion section of Kenova report
44:55 Mi5 material reviewed by Kenova team
42:25 Final thoughts on Kenova report
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