139. Freddie Scappaticci: IRA Turncoat with Richard O'Rawe

SPYCRAFT 101

English - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 269 ratings
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This week Justin talks with Richard "Ricky" O'Rawe, a former member of the Irish Republican Army. Since leaving the IRA, Ricky has worked as a peace advocate and has written several nonfiction books as well as two novels about The Troubles. Today Ricky shares the story of Britain's greatest intelligence coup during The Troubles: the recruitment of Freddie Scappaticci, the man who ran the IRA's internal security unit. He vetted all the IRA recruits and hunted down informants within the ranks, all while reporting everything he saw, did, and learned to British intelligence.

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