Naming Stakeknife must not jeopardise current agents

GUARANTEES are needed that naming Stakeknife, the Army's top spy in the IRA in the Troubles, would not affect security operations today, the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary has said.

- BY JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

But Tory MP Alex Burghart said there may be reasons for the government to go beyond its Neither Confirm Nor Deny policy in regard to confirming his identity.