media to report that one af the "Shankill butchers' was ing paid by the British Army the time of the killings contrasts with one other aspect of the reporting of the case.
All the press. including the Guardian, named the victim of the gang who lived to identify his attackers.
The Irish Times, however, preferred not to reasoning that the victim and his family are in enough danger of reprisal from other Lovalists without identifying him in public.
The British media showed no TWELVE members of Provisname across the front pages.
But rather different dards were applied when came to three former leading lights in the Long Kesh prison service who, claimed Provisionals, had resigned out or tear or being assassinated D them.
The only substantial sponse by the Northern these allegations was a plea to the media not to name these gentlemen. insisted that they targets for Loyalist assassinaconducted a series of raids on The only British newspaper stan- which gave any publicity to this story was the which, of course, didn't name the names. the It is one thing to publicise an ordinary working class Catholie as a target of Loyalist terror, quite anomer re- former prominent members of government's the Long Kesh prison staff. Office other Belfast last week shows that at CaSE SOHe authorities willing to resist state would be ference. Consequently Martin of the Cork Examiner "internment by remand'.
ASSoCIaBon now cution Guardian Secrets Act.
La leak murder case.
shot last September members of post-mortem UCCUTTCHCC Winter Peter was leaked murder.
been cautioned by the that they may face prosethe Official They refused to assist the RUC in their investigation into on the John Boyle Sixteen-year-old Boyle was two the SAS. The report the police file stated that Boyle had been shot in the back, and that his fingerprints were not found on any guns hidden nearby.
It was only when this stors that two SAS members were charged with his The two journalists have now police face charges under the Official Secrets Act.
Their 'crime': that they are suspected of being in possesssion of police files, and when questioned they refused to press officer National Union of told SOCRIS Challenge that the NUJ will take 'a very serious view' if any against Martin anc Fearon are eventually lodged.
Third anniversary of abolition of political status TORCHLIGHT DEMONSTRATION Oxford Circus, London Thursday 1 March, 6pm Called by United Troops Out Movement