Military could snoop on TDs
In a written response to a parliamentary question, Willie O’Dea stated the army’s military intelligence section did not maintain files on politicians or political activists per se.
But in a qualifying paragraph, the minister conceded: “It would only be in cases where a person, or a group to which he or she belonged, was considered to pose a potential threat to the security interests of the State that it might be considered appropriate to monitor such activities.”
