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Another example of MI5 dropping the ball was in the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s. The "old" IRA was able to infiltrate it, execute various secre
by rmc 13y ago
Another example of MI5 dropping the ball was in the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s. The "old" IRA was able to infiltrate it, execute various secret agents, manage to convince them that the IRA had much more guns and men then it actually did, etc.
- DanBC 13y agoWhich is weird when we compare that to the STEAKKNIFE[1] infiltration of the IRA. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeknife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeknife) [1] I like this convention of putting everything secrety in capitals.
- rmc 13y agoDifference of about 50→100 years there.
- junto 13y agoInterestingly, an Irish passport still gets the highest scrutiny at British borders, significantly more than say an Iraqi, Iranian or Libyian. That little bit of info surprised me recently.
- rmc 13y agoDepends. Ireland & the UK are in the "Common Travel Area", which is basically a mini-Schengen passport free zone. You can land in a UK Airport after flying from Ireland and just walk straight out without showing anyone your passport. Likewise you can drive into the UK (into Northern Ireland) and there is no border control. The only way you know you've crossed a border is the change in speed limit signs.