How Jack Straw, vigilant censor of MI5
revelations, left an informer out to dry
John Ware
Monday, 29 September 1997
The Home Secretary was quick to censor the revelations of David Shayler to `ensure the lives’ of MI5 agents. The safety of Martin McGartland, RUC informer, appears to have been of less concern. John Ware wants to know why
The Home Secretary, Jack Straw, says MI5 agents could die if the former MI5 officer David Shayler is allowed to disclose evidence which he claims demonstrates the incompetence of the Security Service.
Mr Straw says he has an “absolute duty to ensure agents’ lives” are not put at risk. That is the basis on which he has successfully sought an injunction against The Mail on Sunday whose editor wants to publish “the facts of a case of national and international importance which would have revealed MI5′s incompetence in the handling of a serious terrorist incident”.
Mr Straw would have us believe that he’d agonised over so grave a step as censorship – “I have no wish to prevent legitimate debate or criticism of the Security Service” – no doubt mindful of his government’s commitment to freedom of information.
“Censorship” is certainly a word that should rankle with Mr Straw. He was himself a journalist on Granada’s World In Action programme. And in 1971, as a duffel-coated President of the National Union of Students, he petitioned the then Conservative Home Secretary, Reggie Maudling, against the expulsion of a German Marxist student leader Rudi Dutschke whose presence was said to be a threat to the security of the state. As Mr Shayler revealed, in those days M15 had Mr Straw down as a “communist sympathiser”.
But that was then. Now as Home Secretary he is ultimately responsible for MI5. And if the MI5 Director General tells him the publication of a newspaper article could cost lives, he has to take that seriously – even if the risk is theoretical.
Why, then, in another case involving a real live agent, whose risk of being executed by the IRA is very high indeed, has the Home Secretary been playing down the threat to his life?
Martin McGartland spied for the RUC Special Branch and saved many lives. As the late Brian Fitsimons, former assistant chief constable in charge of the Special Branch, told me: “McGartland was a very productive agent.”
Since 1991 the 27 year old has lived in Blyth, Northumbria as “Martin Ashe” – the identity provided for him by the RUC. Last May he was tried at Newcastle Crown Court for perverting the course of justice because he had two driving licences in the name of “Ashe” which listed two different addresses.
The police said he was trying to avoid disqualification by distributing penalty points for speeding between the two licences. McGartland denied his, insisting he needed the licences as an extra layer of protection.
In 1992 the IRA had interrogated his girlfriend and he feared they’d forced her to divulge where he was living. He says the police refused to move him: “I’ll never forget what they told me:’Don’t worry about it, son. You’ll be OK.’” He didn’t believe them. So he moved – though only half a mile away. And he took out a second licence with a fictitious address in Durham.
McGartland feared the IRA could get his address from licence records – and with good reason: Northumbria Police has already dismissed one civilian for disclosing information about his identity from their computer. The purpose of the second licence was to send the IRA off on a false trail if they came looking for him having discovered he no longer lived at his first address.
There is no doubt that McGartland was on the IRA’s wanted listed. They’d broken his younger brother Joseph’s legs, an arm and four ribs with iron bars. And he himself received a mass card, signed “Your friends in Connolly House [Belfast HQ of Sinn Fein], Crumlin Road and Long Kesh.” It promised that the “Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Marty McGartland.”
Before the trial McGartland warned the Crown Prosecution Service that the only way he could escape a prison sentence was to explain to the jury who he really was and why he’d taken out two licences – which involved disclosing who he really was.
The jury took 10 minutes to acquit him and even the judge said McGartland did not seem to be a criminal. But his cover was blown McGartland’s real identity and address were reported in the newspapers.
McGartland asked the authorities to give him a new identity and relocate him immediately. One thousand nine hundred local residents – astonished to discover their chaotic Irish neighbour was a latter-day 007 – signed a petition supporting him. Close neighbours have been frequently wakened by his screaming nightmares: “Don’t do it, don’t do it.” Some neighbours are pretty terrified themselves. One is having her locks changed by Northumbria Police.
At first the Crown refused to pay McGartland a penny. After many letters from his lawyer to the solicitors acting for “various Crown authorities” – which they refused to name – they agreed to pay pounds 3,000 towards his removal expenses “as a gesture of goodwill and with no admission of liability”.
But McGartland’s house is now blighted. Who would want to buy a property that was an IRA target? Until recently, the “authorities” have refused to even consider covering any losses. Jack Straw has told McGartland’s local MP, Alan Campbell, that there is no need for him to move straightaway because there is no “immediate” threat to him. “I hope this is of some reassurance,” says Mr Straw.
The small sum now being offered contrasts with the millions of pounds that McGartland’s tip-offs spared the taxpayer by stopping buildings from being blown up – not to mention the many lives he saved. McGartland was also very nearly executed by the IRA because of an RUC blunder in August 1991.
For several months he had complained to his Special Branch handlers that he feared the IRA had rumbled him. His active service unit had had to abort too many operations in which he’d been involved.
Then in July 1991, McGartland’s handlers learnt that his ASU was going to machine-gun a bar frequented by soldiers in Bangor. They demanded that McGartland deliver the guns that were to be used to RUC headquarters to be fitted with tracking devices.
Two IRA operatives were arrested en route to the raid. A few days later McGartland was summoned to a meeting with the head of the IRA’s internal security. Although McGartland feared the game was up, his handlers persuaded him to keep his appointment, promising they would watch over him every step of the way. The Special Branch had calculated there could be a bonus if he was caught. He could lead them to other IRA terrorists as they interrogated him. He was to be used as human bait.
But the RUC’s surveillance unit lost sight of McGartland before he was driven away at speed by two IRA men from his meeting. As one officer said: “I thought `Well, it’s over. He’s gone.’ And I waited for news of his body being found.”
McGartland, meanwhile, was awaiting the executioner’s bullet in a third- floor flat. When he saw a bath filled up with cold water, he knew he would be tortured first. On an impulse he hurled himself headlong through the window. “I remember the glass breaking in slow motion. Then my lights went out.” He sustained serious head, shoulder and back injuries, but his astonishing courage saved him. He was picked up by an army patrol.
Six weeks later he was packed off to Northumbria with a new identity. The police bought him a house for pounds 53,500 and gave him pounds 40,000 to provide him with furniture, a car, spending money and a training course for a heavy goods vehicle licence.
But McGartland had paid a heavy price. He’d left behind his family and had no friends in Newcastle. He suffered recurring nightmares, needed constant painkillers, and he became depressed. He couldn’t settle into a job and he frittered away his money But the RUC who’d recruited him at 17, had cut the umbilical chord.
Like many agents McGartland wanted recognition. He tried to sell his story and began to appear on TV programmes and to give newspaper interviews. This can’t have gone down too well with the authorities.
When his solicitor applied for compensation for his injuries, the RUC claimed to have no record of him. He pursued the claim in the courts. But when he asked the RUC for protection in Northern Ireland so he could attend his court case, they refused. “Any protection that was afforded you, you blew by your antics,” one officer told him.
Then the RUC told the Northern Ireland Office they’d already paid McGartland pounds 120,000 which, they said, included injury compensation. His receipts showed the figure was pounds 95,000, a shortfall of pounds 25,000. Only after Tory, Labour and Unionist MPs intervened, did the NIO compromise with an offer of pounds 10,000.
Earlier this year, McGartland published a book detailing his exploits. At the same time the CPS was considering whether to prosecute him for perverting the course of justice. After consulting the RUC, it was decided there was no threat to his security. Listening to some RUC officer discussing this issue, there’s a strong whiff of disdain: McGartland was recruited as a teenage petty criminal and in his attempts to hog the limelight he’d moved above his station. It’s hardly surprising he came a cropper.
No doubt, running McGartland as an agent was taxing. Like most agents, he sometimes broke the rules by not telling his handlers everything in order to cover his back with the IRA. Sometimes he bartered information for money. But, as one ex-RUC officer recognises, “I would have to say that we got more out of him in a few years than we got out of many agents in 20 years. It was short – but very sweet while it lasted.”
McGartland was very young to be drawn into the grown-up world of spying. By 21, he had saved many lives. But now he doesn’t know how to save himself.
His obsession with his string of grievances and his craving for recognition leave him incapable of building a more stable future. What burden of responsibility should the Crown now bear for trying to ensue that the rest of his life is not wasted?
Not much, seems to be the answer. As the new Home Secretary, perhaps still seeking the approval of the security and intelligence establishment that once had him down as soft and on the left, Jack speaks of this as being “very much a security matter”. But it is also a human tragedy.
In his letter to McGartland’s MP, Alan Campbell, Jack Straw suggests that it is his “propensity for self-publicity that has caused [him] so many of the problems he currently faces”.
Mr Straw misses the point. McGartland may have raised his profile but he never once revealed that he was “Martin Ashe” in any article or TV programme. It was the Crown’s decision to prosecute him that led to that. Now that he has been acquitted, he claims he is entitled to the same level of assistance a he was before the court case invalidated his protection.
The McGartland case also raises a question about double standards: in Newcastle an ex-Special Branch agent whose life is manifestly at risk is deemed by the Home Secretary not to be in any “immediate” danger. In London, a risk, perhaps theoretical, to the lives of MI5 agents is enough for him to ban publication of a matter of public interest about a secret and largely unaccountable organisation.
The one feature common to both cases is publicity. Do the intelligence services still cling to the belief that it is dangerous for light to be shed on their workings. If so, why does New Labour swallow old myths?
The story of Martin McGartland will feature in `Here and Now’ , BBC1, 7.30pm tonight.
Link:- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-how-jack-straw-vigilant-censor-of-mi5-revelations-left-an-informer-out-to-dry-1241822.html
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
British State Cover Up
British State Cover Up
It looks like former Omagh Bomb top cop Norman Baxter will get an opportunity to repeat his claims that the Government interfered with police investigations to let members of the Provisional IRA return over the border and live without fear of arrest from the police over their terrorist past.
Tyrone republican Gerry McGeough told the Sunday Tribune 47 of the 216 fugitives were told they could return.
Mr McGeough, who is to stand trial for IRA membership and attempted murder of a UDR man in 1981, said his lawyers uncovered the information.
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Marty say; "Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS are also involved in a cover up. They are continuing to protect IRA members and cover up my attempted murder by the IRA."
It looks like former Omagh Bomb top cop Norman Baxter will get an opportunity to repeat his claims that the Government interfered with police investigations to let members of the Provisional IRA return over the border and live without fear of arrest from the police over their terrorist past.
Tyrone republican Gerry McGeough told the Sunday Tribune 47 of the 216 fugitives were told they could return.
Mr McGeough, who is to stand trial for IRA membership and attempted murder of a UDR man in 1981, said his lawyers uncovered the information.
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Marty say; "Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS are also involved in a cover up. They are continuing to protect IRA members and cover up my attempted murder by the IRA."
Mi5 Place another British Agents life in danger - MARTIN MCGARTLAND BLOG
MI5 agent ‘forced to give evidence’
By Barry McCaffrey26/06/09.
A MI5 agent will be arrested and forced to appear in court if he refuses to give evidence at the trial of two Co Armagh men accused of Real IRA weapons-smuggling, Belfast Magistrates Court heard yesterday.Lurgan men Desmond Kearns (44) and Paul Anthony McCaugherty (43) are due to go on trial later this year in connection with an alleged plot to ship arms to the north from mainland Europe between May 2005 and June 2006.They were arrested after a three-year MI5 ‘sting’ involving two undercover agents codenamed ‘Amir’ and ‘Ali’.The court was told that Amir had been employed by security services to befriend Mr Kearns and his wife Alison during trips to Europe to buy cigarettes in 2004. During the next three years he met the couple in various locations across Europe.The prosecution claims Mr Kearns, of Tannaghmore Green, and Mr McCaugherty of Beech Court, both in Lurgan, later attempted to use Amir and Ali to buy arms behalf of the Real IRA.Both men were arrested in June 2006 and charged with attempting to purchase weapons and explosives.But a prosecution lawyer said yesterday that Amir now refuses to give evidence and says MI5 betrayed him.In a highly unusual move, barrister David McDowell told the court MI5 now accepted it had misled its agent when it gave assurances that he would never have to appear at trial.Amir claims he was first asked by his MI5 bosses in 2005 if he would give evidence against the two suspects. He says he made it “absolutely clear” he did not want to do so.“In May 2005 I was assured that I would not have to give evidence by members of the security services and I was further assured that if the investigation progressed I would be removed from my role and replaced by another player,” he said in a statement submitted to the trial.In a bizarre account, the MI5 agent claimed he was encouraged to introduce the Kearns to a ‘weapons expert’ as part of a leaving present for a senior member of the security services.District Judge Eamon King said the prosecution had insisted Amir would be compelled to give evidence despite his obvious objections and had “told the court they can issue a summons to arrest him and bring him to the trial”.
http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2009/6/26/621081_385741607562MI5agent.html
By Barry McCaffrey26/06/09.
A MI5 agent will be arrested and forced to appear in court if he refuses to give evidence at the trial of two Co Armagh men accused of Real IRA weapons-smuggling, Belfast Magistrates Court heard yesterday.Lurgan men Desmond Kearns (44) and Paul Anthony McCaugherty (43) are due to go on trial later this year in connection with an alleged plot to ship arms to the north from mainland Europe between May 2005 and June 2006.They were arrested after a three-year MI5 ‘sting’ involving two undercover agents codenamed ‘Amir’ and ‘Ali’.The court was told that Amir had been employed by security services to befriend Mr Kearns and his wife Alison during trips to Europe to buy cigarettes in 2004. During the next three years he met the couple in various locations across Europe.The prosecution claims Mr Kearns, of Tannaghmore Green, and Mr McCaugherty of Beech Court, both in Lurgan, later attempted to use Amir and Ali to buy arms behalf of the Real IRA.Both men were arrested in June 2006 and charged with attempting to purchase weapons and explosives.But a prosecution lawyer said yesterday that Amir now refuses to give evidence and says MI5 betrayed him.In a highly unusual move, barrister David McDowell told the court MI5 now accepted it had misled its agent when it gave assurances that he would never have to appear at trial.Amir claims he was first asked by his MI5 bosses in 2005 if he would give evidence against the two suspects. He says he made it “absolutely clear” he did not want to do so.“In May 2005 I was assured that I would not have to give evidence by members of the security services and I was further assured that if the investigation progressed I would be removed from my role and replaced by another player,” he said in a statement submitted to the trial.In a bizarre account, the MI5 agent claimed he was encouraged to introduce the Kearns to a ‘weapons expert’ as part of a leaving present for a senior member of the security services.District Judge Eamon King said the prosecution had insisted Amir would be compelled to give evidence despite his obvious objections and had “told the court they can issue a summons to arrest him and bring him to the trial”.
http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2009/6/26/621081_385741607562MI5agent.html
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson and The Northumbria Police Cover Up - The Cover Up Of the IRA attempted murder Of Martin McGartland
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
Almost 11 years on and Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police the CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up. They have never charged anyone for the attempted murder of Martin McGartland.
In 2007, http://www.northumbria.police.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/news_releases/details.asp?id=7135 , Supt Thomson said: "I feel very honoured to have been asked to lead the force's Crime Department, which employs so many dedicated and professional people. I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims." What Poppycock! Martin McGartland has never had any 'justice' or any support from Chris Thomson nor Northumbria Police. Martin Said; "Northumbria Police and its YES men (including Mr Thomson) are involved in a cover up when dealing with my attempted murder, by the PIRA, case. Moreover, Mr Thomson, the man who stated that; 'I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims.' knows who was involved with my attempted murder, he knows where to find them and yet he, Northumbria Police continue to protect IRA members and contine with the cover up. Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS continue to cover up IRA involvment in the 1999 shooting."
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Northumbria Police Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson continues to Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
Almost 11 years on and Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police the CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up. They have never charged anyone for the attempted murder of Martin McGartland.
In 2007, http://www.northumbria.police.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/news_releases/details.asp?id=7135 , Supt Thomson said: "I feel very honoured to have been asked to lead the force's Crime Department, which employs so many dedicated and professional people. I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims." What Poppycock! Martin McGartland has never had any 'justice' or any support from Chris Thomson nor Northumbria Police. Martin Said; "Northumbria Police and its YES men (including Mr Thomson) are involved in a cover up when dealing with my attempted murder, by the PIRA, case. Moreover, Mr Thomson, the man who stated that; 'I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims.' knows who was involved with my attempted murder, he knows where to find them and yet he, Northumbria Police continue to protect IRA members and contine with the cover up. Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS continue to cover up IRA involvment in the 1999 shooting."
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Northumbria Police Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson continues to Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
The Northumbria Police - Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson Cover Up of IRA Attempted murder of Martin McGartland
The Northumbria Police - Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson Cover Up of IRA Attempted murder of Martin McGartland
Read The Real and true story of how Mi5, Northumbria Police almost cost Martin His Life.
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For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived the astonishing double life of a secret agent. To the IRA, he was a trusted Intelligence Office and an integral member of an active service unit. To the British Government however, he was known only as 'Agent Carol'. Martin McGartland is credited by British Intelligence with saving the lives of at least fifty people. Every time he tipped off the authorities, he risked detection and yet, heroically and fearlessly, he continued to pass on life-saving information. Finally, his cover was blown. Martin was taken from Sinn Fein headquarters in Belfast to an IRA safehouse for questioning and almost certain execution. Though guarded by armed men, in a desperate bid for freedom, he dived from a third floor window. Northumbria Police, CPS and Mi5 exposed Martins true identity when they took a flawed case against him in 1997. In 1999 the IRA tracked Martin down, as result of Northumbria Police, Mi5 and CPS flawed cort case, and shot Martin 6 times. To this day, 11 years later, Northumbria Police, CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up IRA involvment in Martin's attempted murder. Martin says; "Northumbria Police could, if they wanted to, arrested those in the IRA who tried to kill me in June 1999. Northumbria Police know who they are and they know where to find them. Northumbria Police also continue to cover up the shooting case including, the guns, answer phone message, properties used by IRA, CCTV, mobile phones, Car and van used, DNA etc. Northumbria Police, Mi5 and CPS are protecting IRA members and they continue to do so."
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Here are the reader reviews, taken from amazon ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0 ), of Martin's books;
A frighteningly accurate and grippng read, 30 Oct 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Having served two tours of Northern Ireland with the British Army myself, I picked this book up thinking that it would another meandering and inaccurate tale of life in the Province. To my surprise I found it one of the most true to life and frightening recounts of life on the streets in Northern Ireland. An outstanding read.
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enthralling,he was betrayed by the security services, 16 Oct 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
the book is the story of a youhg man recruited then ultimately betrayed by the security services in the battle against the IRA.The book is impossible to put down and the courage and motives of the author are so laudable,he is an example to us all-however his ultimate betrayal by the security services shows what little value was placed on his life by them.A thoroughly good read.
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A gripping account of one man's fight against the IRA., 31 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Martin McGartland's heroic account of a double life within the ranks of the IRA's intelligence wing and Special Branch. A man who, due to his accurate intelligence, saved the lifes of at least 50 men. Without doubt, this is the most compelling biography I have read.
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excellant, 4 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found this book a very sad but true story,of a young man conned by the british goverment.The book was very gripping and once started hard to put down after reading this i went and bought the follow up dead man running which i found also a brilliant book.I found both books very well wrote and well worth buying.
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Couldn't put it down (literally)!, 29 Jan 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
What a fantastic read! Anyone with even a remote interest or curiosity about the troubles in Northern Ireland will be fascinated by this book.Great drama and personal insight: totally engrossing and even stressful at times, I literally could not put it down and read this book in one afternoon and evening. I can't wait to read McGartland's other work.
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An Honest indepth account..., 4 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I had read about Martin McGartlands story in Newspapers, but I had never realised what had gone on until I read the book. It was a fasinating read and gave an honest and indepth account of what goes on in the fight against terrorism. I would recommend it anyone even if they had no interest in the troubles.
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A very good read, couldn' put it down, 4 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
An excellent book, full detail on how a double agent finally got found out, and it shows how when the shit hits the fan you know who your friends are.
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ira informer reveals day to day operations, 20 Aug 2005
By ade "leopardman6969" (staffordshire)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Martin McGartland was recruited by RUC Special Branch in 1987 and only just escaped with his life in 1991.
This is an excellent book for those readers interested in day to day operations of the IRA and how an informer works in his dangerous occupation. One slip up and you end up with a bullet in the back of your head. Many IRA personnel are named,his work in the IRA's Belfast Intelligence unit as well as a separate active service unit is given,chapter 10 gives details on how the quartermaster department works,how they collected intelligence on potential targets,as well as their various money making schemes to raise finance.
Finally an operation he informed on was foiled,leading the IRA's internal security to suspect him,he was "interrogated" but managed to escape. Recommended,not just history,it provides a real feel for daily life in the IRA.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking by Martin McGarland, 10 Sep 2009
By Ryan's Daughter (ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This book was one of the only book I have read to date that has given a real insight to the difficulties that the ordinary people of Belfast encounter during the trouble of Northern Ireland. I live in the south of Ireland of similiar age to Martin McGarland but had no idea until reading this book how life was the ordinary people of Belfast. Would give this book a five star and I rarely give that...
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A good read!, 9 Aug 2009
By A. Sweeney "NO40" (UK) -
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Solid book that reads very well. You really become involved with the story and I found it hard to put the book down. I read an interview with the guy recently and just struck me as a survivor. Nothing was going to stop him. However, he seemed to have a taste for danger and excitement that bordered on the reckless...which I suppose was an important quality if you were going to be a mole in the IRA.
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SENSATIONAL, 7 July 2009
By J. WALKER (YORKSHIRE)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
FANTASTIC READ. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - if you read one book this year read this one!
I finished this book in two days, I just couldn't put it down- you will be on the edge of your seat waiting to see if Marty is discovered by the IRA as an informer for the Special Branch.
This books gives a real insight into the hierachy of the IRA and how it operated clearly pointing the finger of violence at Martin McGuiness and Gerry Adams.
Marty was a very brave man to risk his life to save many british soldiers and innocent civilians although he now has to pay the price by living a secret life away from his family and continually on the move to protect his identity.
The book is far better than the film which is out at cinemas at the moment but nevertheless worth a watch.
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Superb read, 23 May 2009
By madgewill "wormer" (gtr manchester)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I fantastic read could not bear to put the book down,or its sequel. I found the book to be totally believable and would encourage anyone to read it. The treatment Marty Mcgartland recieved is hard to understand and will leave you asking WHY after all he has sacrificed. Maybe i should ask (Stakeknife) the next book i will be reading.
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gripping read, 14 May 2009
By Ellen Davis - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found I couldn't leave this book down. It has been well written keeping the reader wanting to know more. My husband doesn't read because he can't find an interesting book, he finished this one in a few days!!
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An easy to read insight into the IRA, 29 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I would recommend this book to anyone wishing to gain an insight into the IRA and the way they operate. It was easy to read...
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brilliant, 1 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found this book very hard to put down once i started reading.A very sad true gripping book that i would highly reccomend to anyone.I found that when i read this book i got a realy good mental picture in my head.
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An excellent read., 7 Dec 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
An excellent book. As someone who has watched the troubles from the sidelines I was surprised to find myself completely swept up in this book. I couldn't put it down and read it within 24 hours.
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Excellent, gripping read, 6 April 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I would reccommend this book to everyone. It was a very easy read, which had me gripped from cover to cover. A must read this summer, whilst sitting by the pool, drinking a cold beer while the wife burns!
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Gripping, intense and Shocking to the bone !, 10 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Unbeleivable account of true-life heroism. McGartland remains to this day a hero to protestants in Northern Ireland....and rightly so. Read cover to cover without putting this intense piece of work down once. Astonishing with many twists. Thouroughly recommended.
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Brilliant, 27 April 2010
By R. Sefton (UK)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
From Belfast myself, hard to believe these things happen under our noses everyday, great read. would highly recommend if you appreciate the courage and bravery that comes from a true story, Martin McGartland... A Legend.
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Great book to understand the Troubles, 21 April 2010
By A. Hormigo "AninhadaBest" (Spain)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This book gives an unbiased account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, as well as a description of the IRA and the British Special Branch operations.
A very good story, and well written. In summary, a good book.
My personal advice is to find other books and keep reading on this topic.
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fifty dead men walking, 11 Dec 2009
By A. Kelly "A*Kell" (england)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
enjoyed the book although there is a updated version which i should have got instead , enjoyed the film too and both gave my nieve uneducated self a insight into the events of northern ireland.
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brilliant book , a must read, 1 Dec 2009
By donnie "keane" (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
A very thought-provoking read where i wasn't sure what to tink in certain parts because i think he was either mad or just had balls of steel!!! Whatever the case, the book highlights the 'stuff' that went on that us civilians never hear about on the news. This is why I suppose certain people decide to write these books about what happenened ( there are a many out there now) but there are hardly any that report the opposite opinion i.e. the loyalists who carried out similar attacks. The book, however, is a brilliant read which has given me an insight into what I didn't know before and even though I feel sorry for Martin , I think he knows it was his decision to do it. The part of the whole situation seems a bit one-sided as he fails to mention that the groups on the 'other side' were also carrying out similar atacks against Catholics, and he never wrote about those atrocities.
A great book never the less.
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great insight into the troubles, 14 Nov 2009
By Anthony G. Neely (Esperance WA Australia)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
was a great quick read into the troubles from an informers point of view made alot of sence and very interesting read...
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Outstandingly gripping., 1 April 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
The moment I started to read this book I couldn't put it down. I read it in a day and even now months later I remember it like I read it yesterday. The images Martin McGarland created will stay with me for a very long time. This book is not only an education into the troubles in Ireland it is also a testament to the strength and courage that one man can endure. I would recommend this book to everyone and anyone.
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Good read, but a little too brief in parts, 21 May 2001
By kevin.dady@pearsontv.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I enjoyed the book and found it difficult to put down. The only complaint that I have is that it was a little to brief in parts and did not go into enough detail. This was particular evident when he author describes how he was inducted by Special Branch. Made me feel that perhaps all was not revealed. Still a very good book by a very brave man.
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easy reading, 31 Oct 2009
By James A. Craik "bronzedgod" (north east UK)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
It is a good tale and no doubt a lot of it is true but for a story about such a terrifying time in recent history it is too easy to read.
It reads like a magazine short story and just sketches over certain items/events that probably deserve to be treat a bit more seriously. Still enjoyed the book and was a nice book to sit next to the pool in Menorca with.
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Novel not a biography, 5 April 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I find it hard to believe many of the statements in this work of fiction. I have followed Mr McGartlands story in the papers and I have found many contradictions both from one article to another and in this book. I know it sounds credable but I was brought up just around the corner from McGartland in the Clonard and I have an brother in the RUC. Everyone on both sides of the community find his questionable account intertaining to say the least!
His second book "Dead Man Running" Just tear out the first and last pages from this book and there you are. His second Novel Dead Man Running!...
What we said; Must be by Sinn Fein, IRA man, supporter. Just look at all of the other reviews, what do you think?
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Gripping !!!, 4 Sep 2004.
By A Customer (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This is the quickest book I have ever read, not because it is short but because I couldnt put it down. The book explains how martin mcgarland was recruited by Special Branch and how his status rose within the IRA which ultimately allowed him to mix with the higher ranks of the IRA. This book gives a good insight into the IRA network and how they operate. It also details the punishement squads of the IRA and how they abused the local people of Northern Ireland. The writing style is very easy to read and martin doesnt glorify the bravery that he went through to save the lives of innocent people from the scum that call themselves the IRA...
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To Read all of the reviews go to amazon page; http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0
To Read More On This Case, Northumbria Police, Mi5, CPS cover up go to; www.bebo.com/MartinM031
You can buy Martin's first Book at Amozon; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-Dead-Walking-Martin-McGartland/dp/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Or if you want to read, buy it today via ebook go to; www.fiftydeadmenwalking.co.uk
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Read The Real and true story of how Mi5, Northumbria Police almost cost Martin His Life.
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For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived the astonishing double life of a secret agent. To the IRA, he was a trusted Intelligence Office and an integral member of an active service unit. To the British Government however, he was known only as 'Agent Carol'. Martin McGartland is credited by British Intelligence with saving the lives of at least fifty people. Every time he tipped off the authorities, he risked detection and yet, heroically and fearlessly, he continued to pass on life-saving information. Finally, his cover was blown. Martin was taken from Sinn Fein headquarters in Belfast to an IRA safehouse for questioning and almost certain execution. Though guarded by armed men, in a desperate bid for freedom, he dived from a third floor window. Northumbria Police, CPS and Mi5 exposed Martins true identity when they took a flawed case against him in 1997. In 1999 the IRA tracked Martin down, as result of Northumbria Police, Mi5 and CPS flawed cort case, and shot Martin 6 times. To this day, 11 years later, Northumbria Police, CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up IRA involvment in Martin's attempted murder. Martin says; "Northumbria Police could, if they wanted to, arrested those in the IRA who tried to kill me in June 1999. Northumbria Police know who they are and they know where to find them. Northumbria Police also continue to cover up the shooting case including, the guns, answer phone message, properties used by IRA, CCTV, mobile phones, Car and van used, DNA etc. Northumbria Police, Mi5 and CPS are protecting IRA members and they continue to do so."
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Here are the reader reviews, taken from amazon ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0 ), of Martin's books;
A frighteningly accurate and grippng read, 30 Oct 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Having served two tours of Northern Ireland with the British Army myself, I picked this book up thinking that it would another meandering and inaccurate tale of life in the Province. To my surprise I found it one of the most true to life and frightening recounts of life on the streets in Northern Ireland. An outstanding read.
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enthralling,he was betrayed by the security services, 16 Oct 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
the book is the story of a youhg man recruited then ultimately betrayed by the security services in the battle against the IRA.The book is impossible to put down and the courage and motives of the author are so laudable,he is an example to us all-however his ultimate betrayal by the security services shows what little value was placed on his life by them.A thoroughly good read.
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A gripping account of one man's fight against the IRA., 31 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Martin McGartland's heroic account of a double life within the ranks of the IRA's intelligence wing and Special Branch. A man who, due to his accurate intelligence, saved the lifes of at least 50 men. Without doubt, this is the most compelling biography I have read.
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excellant, 4 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found this book a very sad but true story,of a young man conned by the british goverment.The book was very gripping and once started hard to put down after reading this i went and bought the follow up dead man running which i found also a brilliant book.I found both books very well wrote and well worth buying.
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Couldn't put it down (literally)!, 29 Jan 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
What a fantastic read! Anyone with even a remote interest or curiosity about the troubles in Northern Ireland will be fascinated by this book.Great drama and personal insight: totally engrossing and even stressful at times, I literally could not put it down and read this book in one afternoon and evening. I can't wait to read McGartland's other work.
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An Honest indepth account..., 4 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I had read about Martin McGartlands story in Newspapers, but I had never realised what had gone on until I read the book. It was a fasinating read and gave an honest and indepth account of what goes on in the fight against terrorism. I would recommend it anyone even if they had no interest in the troubles.
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A very good read, couldn' put it down, 4 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
An excellent book, full detail on how a double agent finally got found out, and it shows how when the shit hits the fan you know who your friends are.
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ira informer reveals day to day operations, 20 Aug 2005
By ade "leopardman6969" (staffordshire)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Martin McGartland was recruited by RUC Special Branch in 1987 and only just escaped with his life in 1991.
This is an excellent book for those readers interested in day to day operations of the IRA and how an informer works in his dangerous occupation. One slip up and you end up with a bullet in the back of your head. Many IRA personnel are named,his work in the IRA's Belfast Intelligence unit as well as a separate active service unit is given,chapter 10 gives details on how the quartermaster department works,how they collected intelligence on potential targets,as well as their various money making schemes to raise finance.
Finally an operation he informed on was foiled,leading the IRA's internal security to suspect him,he was "interrogated" but managed to escape. Recommended,not just history,it provides a real feel for daily life in the IRA.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking by Martin McGarland, 10 Sep 2009
By Ryan's Daughter (ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This book was one of the only book I have read to date that has given a real insight to the difficulties that the ordinary people of Belfast encounter during the trouble of Northern Ireland. I live in the south of Ireland of similiar age to Martin McGarland but had no idea until reading this book how life was the ordinary people of Belfast. Would give this book a five star and I rarely give that...
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A good read!, 9 Aug 2009
By A. Sweeney "NO40" (UK) -
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Solid book that reads very well. You really become involved with the story and I found it hard to put the book down. I read an interview with the guy recently and just struck me as a survivor. Nothing was going to stop him. However, he seemed to have a taste for danger and excitement that bordered on the reckless...which I suppose was an important quality if you were going to be a mole in the IRA.
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SENSATIONAL, 7 July 2009
By J. WALKER (YORKSHIRE)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
FANTASTIC READ. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - if you read one book this year read this one!
I finished this book in two days, I just couldn't put it down- you will be on the edge of your seat waiting to see if Marty is discovered by the IRA as an informer for the Special Branch.
This books gives a real insight into the hierachy of the IRA and how it operated clearly pointing the finger of violence at Martin McGuiness and Gerry Adams.
Marty was a very brave man to risk his life to save many british soldiers and innocent civilians although he now has to pay the price by living a secret life away from his family and continually on the move to protect his identity.
The book is far better than the film which is out at cinemas at the moment but nevertheless worth a watch.
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Superb read, 23 May 2009
By madgewill "wormer" (gtr manchester)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I fantastic read could not bear to put the book down,or its sequel. I found the book to be totally believable and would encourage anyone to read it. The treatment Marty Mcgartland recieved is hard to understand and will leave you asking WHY after all he has sacrificed. Maybe i should ask (Stakeknife) the next book i will be reading.
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gripping read, 14 May 2009
By Ellen Davis - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found I couldn't leave this book down. It has been well written keeping the reader wanting to know more. My husband doesn't read because he can't find an interesting book, he finished this one in a few days!!
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An easy to read insight into the IRA, 29 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I would recommend this book to anyone wishing to gain an insight into the IRA and the way they operate. It was easy to read...
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brilliant, 1 July 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I found this book very hard to put down once i started reading.A very sad true gripping book that i would highly reccomend to anyone.I found that when i read this book i got a realy good mental picture in my head.
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An excellent read., 7 Dec 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
An excellent book. As someone who has watched the troubles from the sidelines I was surprised to find myself completely swept up in this book. I couldn't put it down and read it within 24 hours.
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Excellent, gripping read, 6 April 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I would reccommend this book to everyone. It was a very easy read, which had me gripped from cover to cover. A must read this summer, whilst sitting by the pool, drinking a cold beer while the wife burns!
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Gripping, intense and Shocking to the bone !, 10 Nov 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
Unbeleivable account of true-life heroism. McGartland remains to this day a hero to protestants in Northern Ireland....and rightly so. Read cover to cover without putting this intense piece of work down once. Astonishing with many twists. Thouroughly recommended.
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Brilliant, 27 April 2010
By R. Sefton (UK)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
From Belfast myself, hard to believe these things happen under our noses everyday, great read. would highly recommend if you appreciate the courage and bravery that comes from a true story, Martin McGartland... A Legend.
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Great book to understand the Troubles, 21 April 2010
By A. Hormigo "AninhadaBest" (Spain)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This book gives an unbiased account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, as well as a description of the IRA and the British Special Branch operations.
A very good story, and well written. In summary, a good book.
My personal advice is to find other books and keep reading on this topic.
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fifty dead men walking, 11 Dec 2009
By A. Kelly "A*Kell" (england)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
enjoyed the book although there is a updated version which i should have got instead , enjoyed the film too and both gave my nieve uneducated self a insight into the events of northern ireland.
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brilliant book , a must read, 1 Dec 2009
By donnie "keane" (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
A very thought-provoking read where i wasn't sure what to tink in certain parts because i think he was either mad or just had balls of steel!!! Whatever the case, the book highlights the 'stuff' that went on that us civilians never hear about on the news. This is why I suppose certain people decide to write these books about what happenened ( there are a many out there now) but there are hardly any that report the opposite opinion i.e. the loyalists who carried out similar attacks. The book, however, is a brilliant read which has given me an insight into what I didn't know before and even though I feel sorry for Martin , I think he knows it was his decision to do it. The part of the whole situation seems a bit one-sided as he fails to mention that the groups on the 'other side' were also carrying out similar atacks against Catholics, and he never wrote about those atrocities.
A great book never the less.
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great insight into the troubles, 14 Nov 2009
By Anthony G. Neely (Esperance WA Australia)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
was a great quick read into the troubles from an informers point of view made alot of sence and very interesting read...
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Outstandingly gripping., 1 April 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
The moment I started to read this book I couldn't put it down. I read it in a day and even now months later I remember it like I read it yesterday. The images Martin McGarland created will stay with me for a very long time. This book is not only an education into the troubles in Ireland it is also a testament to the strength and courage that one man can endure. I would recommend this book to everyone and anyone.
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Good read, but a little too brief in parts, 21 May 2001
By kevin.dady@pearsontv.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I enjoyed the book and found it difficult to put down. The only complaint that I have is that it was a little to brief in parts and did not go into enough detail. This was particular evident when he author describes how he was inducted by Special Branch. Made me feel that perhaps all was not revealed. Still a very good book by a very brave man.
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easy reading, 31 Oct 2009
By James A. Craik "bronzedgod" (north east UK)
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
It is a good tale and no doubt a lot of it is true but for a story about such a terrifying time in recent history it is too easy to read.
It reads like a magazine short story and just sketches over certain items/events that probably deserve to be treat a bit more seriously. Still enjoyed the book and was a nice book to sit next to the pool in Menorca with.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Novel not a biography, 5 April 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
I find it hard to believe many of the statements in this work of fiction. I have followed Mr McGartlands story in the papers and I have found many contradictions both from one article to another and in this book. I know it sounds credable but I was brought up just around the corner from McGartland in the Clonard and I have an brother in the RUC. Everyone on both sides of the community find his questionable account intertaining to say the least!
His second book "Dead Man Running" Just tear out the first and last pages from this book and there you are. His second Novel Dead Man Running!...
What we said; Must be by Sinn Fein, IRA man, supporter. Just look at all of the other reviews, what do you think?
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Gripping !!!, 4 Sep 2004.
By A Customer (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Paperback)
This is the quickest book I have ever read, not because it is short but because I couldnt put it down. The book explains how martin mcgarland was recruited by Special Branch and how his status rose within the IRA which ultimately allowed him to mix with the higher ranks of the IRA. This book gives a good insight into the IRA network and how they operate. It also details the punishement squads of the IRA and how they abused the local people of Northern Ireland. The writing style is very easy to read and martin doesnt glorify the bravery that he went through to save the lives of innocent people from the scum that call themselves the IRA...
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To Read all of the reviews go to amazon page; http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0
To Read More On This Case, Northumbria Police, Mi5, CPS cover up go to; www.bebo.com/MartinM031
You can buy Martin's first Book at Amozon; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-Dead-Walking-Martin-McGartland/dp/1844547515/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Or if you want to read, buy it today via ebook go to; www.fiftydeadmenwalking.co.uk
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Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson and The Northumbria Police Cover Up - The Cover Up Of the IRA attempted murder Of Martin McGartland
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson - Northumbria Police Cover Up the IRA attempted murder of British Agent Martin McGartland
Almost 11 years on and Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police the CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up. They have never charged anyone for the attempted murder of Martin McGartland.
In 2007, http://www.northumbria.police.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/news_releases/details.asp?id=7135 , Supt Thomson said: "I feel very honoured to have been asked to lead the force's Crime Department, which employs so many dedicated and professional people. I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims." What Poppycock! Martin McGartland has never had any 'justice' or any support from Chris Thomson nor Northumbria Police. Martin Said; "Northumbria Police and its YES men (including Mr Thomson) are involved in a cover up when dealing with my attempted murder, by the PIRA, case. Moreover, Mr Thomson, the man who stated that; 'I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims.' knows who was involved with my attempted murder, he knows where to find them and yet he, Northumbria Police continue to protect IRA members and contine with the cover up. Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS continue to cover up IRA involvment in the 1999 shooting."
Follow McGartland story on Bebo; www.bebo.com/MartinM031
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Notes;-
Northumbria Police Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson continues to Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Almost 11 years on and Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police the CPS and Mi5 continue to cover up. They have never charged anyone for the attempted murder of Martin McGartland.
In 2007, http://www.northumbria.police.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/news_releases/details.asp?id=7135 , Supt Thomson said: "I feel very honoured to have been asked to lead the force's Crime Department, which employs so many dedicated and professional people. I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims." What Poppycock! Martin McGartland has never had any 'justice' or any support from Chris Thomson nor Northumbria Police. Martin Said; "Northumbria Police and its YES men (including Mr Thomson) are involved in a cover up when dealing with my attempted murder, by the PIRA, case. Moreover, Mr Thomson, the man who stated that; 'I'm determined to continue to work with the area commands to deliver a quality service to the public, reducing crime, supporting witnesses and obtaining justice for victims.' knows who was involved with my attempted murder, he knows where to find them and yet he, Northumbria Police continue to protect IRA members and contine with the cover up. Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson, Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS continue to cover up IRA involvment in the 1999 shooting."
Follow McGartland story on Bebo; www.bebo.com/MartinM031
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Notes;-
Northumbria Police Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Chief Superintendent Chris Thomson continues to Cover Up British Agent (Martin McGartland) attempted murder by the IRA.
Northumbria Police Mi5 Protect IRA in Attempted Murder of Martin McGartland
Northumbria Police are protecting the person on the answer machine. Northumbria Police, Mi5 and the CPS are also protecting the IRA including the gunman he shot Martin McGartland in June 1999, 11 years ago and Northumbria Police have Still Not charged anyone for the shooting that almost killed Martin McGartland.
DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON ON THIS RECORDING? IF YOU DO YOU CAN TELL NORTHUMBRIA POLICE, HOWEVER, NORTHUMBRIA POLICE WILL NOT ARREST OR CHARGE THOSE INVOLVED, UNLESS THET ARE FORCED INTO DOING SO.
To hear the audio tape message left on the answer machine, log on to;
www.northumbria.police.uk/vanmessage
DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON ON THIS RECORDING? IF YOU DO YOU CAN TELL NORTHUMBRIA POLICE, HOWEVER, NORTHUMBRIA POLICE WILL NOT ARREST OR CHARGE THOSE INVOLVED, UNLESS THET ARE FORCED INTO DOING SO.
To hear the audio tape message left on the answer machine, log on to;
www.northumbria.police.uk/vanmessage
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