"Flawed but not unlawful, under the radar but not secret" - review into 'On The Run' letters
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Flawed but NOT unlawful, under the radar but NOT secret, and NOT a get out of jail free card for republican terror suspects. The results of Lady Justice Hallett's review into the so called 'On The Run' letters telling scores of republicans they weren't wanted by police have now been published. News of the existence of the letters threatened to bring down Stormont. We now know that 2 more republican terror suspects were mistakenly issued letters. We now know that there were - quote - 'significant systematic failures' in the scheme. And we now know that the scheme was - quote again - 'not designed but evolved' , and didn't have proper lines of accountability, responsibility and safeguards. That's what we know - but there's plenty we don't know. Stephen gets the views of security journalist Brian Rowan, Denis Bradley - one of the author of the Eames Bradley report - and Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly