The Mick Clifford Podcast: Was Stakeknife worth the Troubles? - Richard O'Rawe

Author and former IRA man and H block prisoner Richard O'Rawe is this week's guest on the podcast

A book by former IRA man and H block prisoner Richard O’Rawe covers the activities of Freddie Scappaticci. Picture: BBC video grab/Justin Kernoghan

When is it alright for a democratic state to let one of its citizens go to their death and not prevent it?

A new book by former IRA man and H block prisoner Richard O’Rawe covers the activities of the highest level informer that the British security services had in the Provisional IRA, Freddie Scappaticci.

Scap was the man who tortured and shot spies on behalf of the Provos while operating as one himself.

And evidence has emerged that he informed his handlers of most of the killings before they occurred.

Richard O’Rawe is this week’s guest on the podcast.