Guarantees would be needed that the naming of the Army’s top spy in the IRA during the Troubles would not impact on current security operations, the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary has said.
However, Alex Burghart said there may be reasons for the Government to go further than its policy of Neither Confirm Nor Deny (NCND) in regard to officially confirming the identity of the agent Stakeknife as it was an “extreme and unusual case”.
