A number of intelligence operations in Northern Ireland have involved the spreading of disinformation and black propaganda , most infamous being " Clockwork Orange " an operation involving both MI6 & MI5 agents . There have also been whistleblowers before . In the case of " Clockwork Orange " the operation was unmasked after revelations by Colin Wallace in the 1970s . There also existed an MI6 honeypot for active paedophiles at Kincora boy 's home during the 1970s . The Kincora home was used to blackmail and subvert prominent establishment figures in Northern Ireland via surveillance . Allegations of dirty tricks also surfaced with MI6 agent Fred Holroyd in the 1970s and 1980s who alleged that the truce talks with the IRA around the mid-1970s had been derailed deliberately by the British Intelligence services via a campaign Loyalist assassinations which they sponsored and controlled . With this track record in mind , it has been argued that Ingram is practicing disinformation . On the other hand , the fact that he was arrested and injuncted and his case was taken up by human rights groups after his original '' Sunday Times '' allegations argues against this . He also gave evidence against the British army version of events and in favour of Martin McGuinness at the Bloody Sunday Tribunal
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Martin Ingram