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Gordon Carrera

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

I don't know what you think, but he's probably realised at this point that if he disappears, that's just going to be taken as confirmation and leave him and his family worried.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

So I think he takes this decision.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

He's going to go public.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

He's going to appear before journalists.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

He's going to do interviews.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

And deny everything.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

Yeah, that's his only hope, yeah.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

I mean, some of the bits are bizarre because he tells journalists who approach him that it's been a mistake.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

There must be an Alfredo Scappaticci who's got confused with him, Federico Scappaticci.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

And he also goes to see the IRA leadership.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

Now, we have to remember, from 1998, there's been a Good Friday Agreement.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

So there is a peace process now.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

So the war has effectively stopped.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

But everyone in the IRA appears to be in shock because they worry that they've been penetrated by their enemy.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

But I think for them, again, it goes back to this point.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

It's really hard to admit it's true, isn't it?

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

And to kind of acknowledge that it's scappatici.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

Better for them as well to deny it.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

Well, that's the problem.

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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)

It's basically sources...