tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3392416828316945732..comments2024-03-29T06:51:03.388+00:00Comments on TPQ: FapaticciAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14840669966252653182018-12-17T19:13:23.711+00:002018-12-17T19:13:23.711+00:00Wherever there is justice there will be miscarriag...Wherever there is justice there will be miscarriages of justice and these miscarriages can only be mitigated in systems of transparency, accountability and checks and balances. <br /><br />When these safeguards are lacking or non-existent coupled with a risk of nepotism or personal grievance the risk of a miscarriage of justice renders such a system practically useless as a way to achieve what Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81950579829331539182018-12-17T16:33:00.108+00:002018-12-17T16:33:00.108+00:00As an aside Simon, my mind always returns to this ...As an aside Simon, my mind always returns to this dichotomy when thinking about this subject : the need to ‘incentivise’ resisting interrogation with the need to not become a monster doing so.<br /><br /> I don’t know how to square the circle , when you understand a bit of the hell the boys and girls faced in prison , you automatically want to do anything that’s seen as prohibiting the option forDaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45506863170482125242018-12-17T15:29:53.057+00:002018-12-17T15:29:53.057+00:00Simon , interesting point , when I listened (liste...Simon , interesting point , when I listened (listening betrays the hesitancy) to Ian Hirst’s secret recording of Sir John Wisely, it didn’t seem the slam dunk confirmation it is claimed to be, if it was a trial his method of “questioning” could be claimed to be leading the witness. Whether he is Stakeknife or not, he definitely presided over sham trials.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16168095169148374082018-12-17T02:26:15.501+00:002018-12-17T02:26:15.501+00:00Daithi, I am usually a little slow with your sarca...Daithi, I am usually a little slow with your sarcasm which is more my fault than anybody else's but "alleged" brings up another question: <br /><br />He was outed by the security services so how sure are we, the uninitiated or out of the loop punters, that he is actually an informer? Would it be a complete surprise that his outing was a check-mate "FRU style" manoeuvre to Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43029082350692474972018-12-16T22:09:46.412+00:002018-12-16T22:09:46.412+00:00Daithi,
Unlikely. If he meets a violent end it wo...Daithi,<br /><br />Unlikely. If he meets a violent end it would put off any other potential future touts. He will be pressured into taking his own life or going completely loopy. Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1937684762506116032018-12-16T21:19:39.714+00:002018-12-16T21:19:39.714+00:00Simon , it’s leaves them room to add “alleged” or ...Simon , it’s leaves them room to add “alleged” or “so-called” before IRA spy , I wrote this as a joke, but as I get to post it, it’s probably coming isn’t it?DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24486070574737895372018-12-16T12:12:55.075+00:002018-12-16T12:12:55.075+00:00I noticed the BBC referred to him as a "Briti...I noticed the BBC referred to him as a "British Army Agent" in their headlines for years until he was prosecuted for extreme pornography and then they called him an "IRA spy". <br /><br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-7740176573717157012018-12-14T18:10:52.834+00:002018-12-14T18:10:52.834+00:00Steve , shot twice in the back of the head and rul...Steve , shot twice in the back of the head and ruled suicide probably.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65821758501087803712018-12-14T07:26:16.197+00:002018-12-14T07:26:16.197+00:00frankie, I did not know that, it ties in with what...frankie, I did not know that, it ties in with what AM had suggested too. I thought it odd that his handlers allowed the prosecution to go ahead in the first place.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87667129983686178922018-12-13T21:57:18.241+00:002018-12-13T21:57:18.241+00:00Life imitating art? In the famous play "Stala...Life imitating art? In the famous play "Stalag 17" the traitor/spy also turns out to be the security officer in charge of detecting and dealing with informants. This suggests that in any organisation with such a person, that person should always be considered to the the most likely person to betray the organisation.<br />Jeff Slukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266835862308864347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60923013496492064822018-12-13T21:26:19.545+00:002018-12-13T21:26:19.545+00:00Standard spook MO. If an individual cannot be take...Standard spook MO. If an individual cannot be taken out of circulation due to profile, mark the profile bit by bit. If scap is as egotistical as is reported then it will be well known to his former handlers. They will gradually up the ratchet on him until he cracks. His ego will be used against him. He's a liability now, dead by his own hand or in jail within 2 years.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52463330377497980782018-12-13T20:30:55.051+00:002018-12-13T20:30:55.051+00:00Daithi,
Toto Riina was just evil and perverted as...Daithi,<br /><br />Toto Riina was just evil and perverted as Scap. Antonino Calderone an infortmant in Italy , described Riina as being "unbelievably ignorant, but he had an intuition and intelligence and was difficult to fathom ... very hard to predict". Some people have noted the same about Scap….<br /><br /><br />Eilis O'Hanlon recently wrote in the Belfast Telegraph a piece frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26923822404630021842018-12-13T18:37:50.358+00:002018-12-13T18:37:50.358+00:00AM, that recent BBC doc (by Donal McIntyre I think...AM, that recent BBC doc (by Donal McIntyre I think) suggested he was turned over tax irregularities with his builders business. Then there was the previously assumed walk in story that centred on him getting a beating by senior Provo and turning tout in revenge. But for the State Forces to pass on the potential leverage over sexual deviance for those seems less than plausible. To find other DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-27988501205907227022018-12-13T18:13:07.664+00:002018-12-13T18:13:07.664+00:00DaithiD - is there any innocent explanation for th...DaithiD - is there any innocent explanation for the British charging him? <br /><br />They have known about his predilections from Belfast. It was reported to them by one of his victims. They may have used that to turn him as the walk in story never added up. <br /><br />So - to me the plausible explanation lies in their calculations. They either want him to top himself before Kenova concludes onAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1414074993702197642018-12-13T17:46:05.122+00:002018-12-13T17:46:05.122+00:00I.e so following them into the mire is no longer t...I.e so following them into the mire is no longer the laudable thing it once was.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37071616735963364002018-12-13T17:39:49.024+00:002018-12-13T17:39:49.024+00:00Thanks for juggling this one AM.
I’m wondering wh...Thanks for juggling this one AM.<br /><br />I’m wondering whether his handlers could of arranged for this case to go away but chose not to? Despite the light hearted tone of the article , Scaps story represents a mire so dark perhaps Tom Barry couldn’t of imagined possible. <br />It’s said he was protected from much scrutiny by the Provo leadership who thought his actions so extreme the British DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.com