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Stakeknife is the correct spelling. I was the first journalist to identify such an agent. His cover name was spelt Stakeknife by the military intelligence officer who originally told me about him and by Martion Ingram, the ex FRU hanlder who wrote a book on the subject. Liam Clarke (Sunday Times)

Is there much point in having separate articles on Stakeknife and Freddie Scappaticci ? He is notable for his other involvement but Stakeknife only exists if 1) it was true and 2) it was Scappaticci. There's no claim around that "Stakeknife wasn't him". 108.171.128.174 (talk) 15:08, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The UDA/UFF had discovered that a senior IRA member was working for the FRU." At Brian Nelson (Northern Irish loyalist), he's also described as "an alleged IRA informer."

So why then kill such an informer? Why would the UDA wish to kill a known IRA member, on the grounds that they're also informing for the Army? Andy Dingley (talk) 12:18, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Last weekend, BBC World News ran a fascinatindg and troubling feature about this agent (identified with Freddie S-ci). Called The Spy Who Got Away with Murder, it centered on the testimony of Sandy Lynch, a Belfast "informer" to the British military (and probably also assoicated with FRU) caught by the IRA in 1990 and brought to a secret house to be questioned, tortured, broken and then, it was planned, killed. Scapaticci took a lead role in the proceedings and at one point (when they may have been alone) asked Lynch "You know who I am, don't you?". Lynch had recognized his voice and replied "Yes". "I killed Fenton", Scapaticci replied, referring to the execution of Joe Fenton, another informer, the year before, then added that it didn't matter that Lynch knew who he was (implied: that FS was also an informer to the British army) because Lynch would soon be gone and disappear without a trace. A while later, Scapaticci left the house. but Lynch survived because the place was raided by British troops later that night. He later told his army contacts about the interaction with Scapaticci, but he noticed in time that the lead about the murder of Fenton was left cold by them. 193.12.172.227 (talk) 14:04, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Boutcher report is out today, or at least a redacted version 'Mr Boutcher said the British government should now authorise the publication of his identity and the “full unredacted report”.' It is obvious that Freddie Scappaticci and Stakeknife are one and the same and time to merge... Maintaining both articles disperses the energies of editors needlessly. https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/operation-kenova-stakeknife-cost-more-lives-than-he-saved-says-report-V4UR77WBJVCHXGGGLELGETZJJ4/ TGcoa (talk) 13:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]