A self-proclaimed leader of the Real IRA attending exotic meetings across Europe, plotting to secure the sophisticated weaponry which would be used to target a former British commander of UN forces in Bosnia as well as police officers in Northern Ireland.
In fact Paul McCaugherty had been enmeshed in what a judge described as "an elaborate and successful hoax", which ended in his conviction on a plethora of terrorist charges on Wednesday.
At the fulcrum of the operation, said in court to have been directed by MI5, was the use of so-called Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS).
Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...d/10486088.stm
Good Drills.
In fact Paul McCaugherty had been enmeshed in what a judge described as "an elaborate and successful hoax", which ended in his conviction on a plethora of terrorist charges on Wednesday.
At the fulcrum of the operation, said in court to have been directed by MI5, was the use of so-called Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS).
Read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...d/10486088.stm
Good Drills.
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