![]() ![]() MI5 officers have used national security as a reason not to answer questions on how covert operations were carried out and have given evidence from behind screens to protect their identities. The breach exposed the 40 PSNI officers working on counter-terror with the intelligence service.ĭefence lawyers for the suspected dissident republicans plan to call some of them as witnesses now their identities are known, the Belfast Telegraph reported.Ībout half of the officers based at MI5’s headquarters are paid from its budget and are expected to be called as witnesses to give details of their work on Operation Arbacia after the leak revealed their surnames, rank and job description. The PSNI data included more than 345,000 pieces of information, including the surnames and first initial of all officers and staff, their rank or grade, where they are based and the unit they work in. ![]() The trial was expected in late 2024, but now looks certain to be delayed after details of almost 10,000 Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) staff and officers were accidentally published in response to a Freedom of Information request last week. Police officers working with MI5 face being called to give evidence in Northern Ireland’s biggest ever terror trial after being unmasked by the region’s worst ever data breach.ĭennis McFadden, a former Scottish police officer turned spy, infiltrated the New IRA’s high command over eight years during Operation Arbacia, which has led to 10 people being charged with terrorism offences. ![]()
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