Response to "the BBC's: The Hunt for Captain Nairac, a Spotlight special, on Tuesday 19 June".
Darragh McIntyre's sensational shock interviewing techniques did not produce
the clarification required' if its results your after.
The spotlight special programme which wholly concentrated on the controversial disappearance and
assumed killing of SAS captain Robert Nairac. Nairac operated undercover as part of his shady remit mainly in the south
Armagh' and Co Louth areas. Unfortunately for him it was to be his downfall.
For a man who had the unenviable task of trying to pose as a republican sympathiser from Belfast, when he decided to go up on stage in a Crossmaglen pub to reel off a few rebel songs.
It has to be asked was his ego that big that he did not realize he would stick out like a sore thumb' this must
surly question the judgement of his superiors. Just imagine Gerry Kelly or Martin McGuiness' entering the' pub which bears the same name as the sass motto “who dares wins” in Hertford England where they are based' and going
up to sing the' grand old duke of York?
They'd leave their grannies behind in the stampede to get out the doors' that's how suspicious the now MLAs
would look.
I feel Darragh was not posing the right questions to the right people' he should have concentrated his line of questioning directly to captain nairacs commanding officers who deny any knowledge of what he was involved in' he
should seek answers as to what exactly his role as an undercover operative in this dirty war was we cannot forget or sweep under the carpet the fact that this area was known as the murder triangle' during the 1970s' the random murder of Catholics was an all to common occurrence.
What role if any did Captain Niarac play in theses murderess activities? After all it is a known fact that this man patrolled around the streets of Crossmaglen Rambo style with a double barrelled shotgun, if Mr McIntyre
pursued this avenue of investigation it would bring relief to families whose sons or daughters were victims of this regiment who were seemingly answerable to no one.
Terry Mc McCormick' Liam Townsend' or Kevin Crilly' for whatever part they played in his abduction' should not suffer any guilt or regret over it. This was a very dark turbulent period in the history of this Island' and as a result of their actions' it can be concluded that lives' were saved' note the fact that in a military museum In London' there is a uniform and a large decorated UVF handkerchief, which was the sole property of SAS, Captain Robert Nairac on public display. Draw your own conclusions from this connection .