14 Intelligence Company
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14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (also known as "The Det") is alleged to have been an element of the British Army Intelligence Corps which operated in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwards. The unit conducted undercover surveillance operations against suspected members of Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups. Allegations of collusion with loyalist organisations were made against the unit.
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[edit] Structure
Authors claiming to be former members of the unit describe an organisation[1][2][3][4][5] with a depot in Great Britain and four operational detachments in Northern Ireland.
- Main Det (Headquarters), RAF Aldergrove.
- East Det, based at Palace Barracks, Belfast.
- North Det, based at Ballykelly County Londonderry.
- South Det based at Fermanagh.
Selection and training of personnel from all arms of the British Armed Forces was conducted in a number of locations on the mainland. Candidates, both male and female, volunteered for special duties for periods of 18-36 months, before being returned to a parent unit. Trained surveillance operators could volunteer for re-deployment after a period with the parent unit, with potential opportunities to serve in command, staff or training roles within the organisation or higher command structure.
[edit] Collusion accusations
14 Int was accused of acting in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries by former intelligence personnel Fred Holroyd and Colin Wallace in regards to the death of senior Provisional Irish Republican Army member John Francis Green, the Miami Showband killings and the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings.[6][7][8][9][10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service, James Rennie, 2004
- ^ One up, A woman in action with the SAS, Sarah Ford,1997
- ^ She Who Dared: Covert Operations in Northern Ireland with the SAS, Jackie George, 1999
- ^ First into Action: Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS, Duncan Falconer, 2001
- ^ Ghost Force: Secret History of the SAS, Ken Connor, 1999
- ^ An Phoblacht/Republican News
- ^ The SAS in Ireland - Revealed, Irish News, by Barry McCaffrey, July 13 2006.
- ^ Ken Livingstone, maiden speech British House of Commons, Hansard Parliamentary Debates, volume 118, July 7 1987
- ^ Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) report p. 160
- ^ Holroyd, War without honour (Hull, 1989), pp.78-79.
