But if Scappaticci is stakeknife -- or if, for that matter, he is a British agent by any other code name, top, bottom or in between -- then why is he hanging (so to speak) out in West Belfast now that his cover's blown? It was there, on PIRA/SF/Adams turf, that he met the (selected) press last week, to proclaim innocence and refute reports that he'd fled to English safety in Dorset. If he's indeed a known mole, wouldn't the Falls & the Ardoyne be getting a bit warm for him just now?