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Jennifer O'Leary investigates the IRA's spycatcher and British agent, Freddie Scappaticci.

Freddie Scappaticci was a killer working for the state inside the IRA. Jennifer O'Leary investigates the most notorious agent of the Troubles. 

Freddie Scappaticci led a double life - spy hunter for the IRA and, at the same time, one of Britain's most important spies inside the group. His ability to interrogate IRA gunmen and bombers gave him unique access to their secrets - information that could be fed straight back to their enemies. But his IRA role also meant he was a killer. Jennifer O'Leary investigates.

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