Mick Clifford Podcast: John Ware on British intelligence, agent handling and the Troubles

Veteran journalist discusses the ethical dilemmas of British intelligence operations and the arguments explored in his latest book

Veteran journalist John Ware joins this week's Mick Clifford Podcast.

The British state's handling of agents during the Troubles posed profound moral and ethical questions.

Intelligence officers were sometimes forced to decide whether to allow a murder to proceed in order to protect an agent's cover. But where did those decisions leave the state's moral authority? 

And did there come a point when it ceded the moral high ground to paramilitary organisations such as the IRA?

Veteran journalist John Ware joins this week's Mick Clifford Podcast to discuss his new book, Neither Confirm Nor Deny: British Intelligence, Lawless Agent Running and the Suppression of Truth, and the legacy of Britain's covert operations in Northern Ireland.