Decommissioning sticking point is irrelevant
I believe this is irrelevant The IRA does not intend to make available such photographs and there is no need for them. The question of photographic proof and transparency arose after the last act of decommissioning.
Gen John De Chastelain’s report could only say that significant decommissioning had taken place. He could not indicate what remained in the arsenal or even what percentage was decommissioned. While no one questioned De Chastelain’s authority, competency or honesty, unionists who so wished could argue that this act was meaningless due to the constraints placed by the IRA on what the general could report.
