Another article,"The securocrats' revenge", this time from today's Guardian, by a former editor of the Daily Mirror who writes regularlynon media spin and that. It takes a very sceptical view indeed of the whole affair:

"This case...also supports those who believe that the security forces, rather than the government, direct what happens. The government is more or less bound by their advice and, most importantly, by their control of operational matters in which they can manufacture "events" to suit their political aim...

"...It is frightening to realise that the only people smiling now are the dissident IRA members who refused to follow Sinn Fein down the political road."