Double Agent:
My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA
Kevin Fulton
Note: First published as Unsung Hero in Paperback – 4 July 2008
Whats its all about ?
‘”I am a British soldier,” I told my reflection. “I am a British soldier and I’m saving lives. I’m saving lives. I’m a British soldier and I’m saving lives…”‘
Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army’s most successful intelligence agents. Having been recruited to infiltrate the Provisional IRA at the height of The Troubles, he rose its ranks to an unprecedented level. Living and working undercover, he had no option other than to take part in heinous criminal activities, including the production of bombs which he knew would later kill. So highly was he valued by IRA leaders that he was promoted to serve in its infamous internal police – ironically, his job was now to root out and kill informers.
Until one day in 1994, when it all went wrong. . . Fleeing Northern Ireland, Kevin was abandoned by the security services he had served so courageously and left to live as a fugitive. The life of a double agent requires constant vigilance, for danger is always just a heartbeat away. For a double agent within the highest ranks of the IRA, that danger was doubled. In this remarkable account, Kevin Fulton – former intelligence agent, ex-member of the IRA – tells a truth that is as uncomfortable as it is gripping.
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Whats my thoughts ?
I found this an interesting read – up to a point and I agree with Glyns review below, there was too much left out and unsaid and I got got the impression “Kevin ” was being very selective with the truth , including those events he covers in the book. As Martin Ingram states in the opening lines: ” The world of a double agent is a danger one, and a complicated one” You ain’t wrong fella and this book has some great accounts of that world that make it well worth a read.
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See: Kevin Fulton ( aka Peter Keeley ) – Double Agent ?
Attempted Recruitment by MI5 Recorded
See below for other posts about the Troubles
- “Stakeknife” – Is time running out for Freddie Scappaticci ?
- “Stakeknife” – Is time running out for Freddie Scappaticci ?
- William “Frenchie” Marchant 1948 – 28 April 1987
- William ” Billy “Stobie 1950 – 12 Dec 2001
- Why Ireland split into the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland
- Why Ireland split into the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland
- Why Ireland split into the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland
- Warrington Bombs 1993 – IRA Child Killers
- Warrenpoint Ambush – 18 British soldiers Slaughtered by the IRA
- Walton’s Restaurant Bombing – 18th November 1975
