MI5 & FBI Spy in the Real IRA - Spotlight Investigates Documentary
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The true story of an American trucker who became one of MI5’s most important spies. Just when the Real IRA was bombing Britain and threatening to wreck the Northern Ireland peace process, the group’s boss was spilling his secrets to David Rupert, who passed everything on to the FBI and MI5. In a broadcast exclusive, Rupert tells his extraordinary story to Jennifer O’Leary.
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God be with all the innocent people and children who lost there lives
Jennifer O'Leary always knocks it out of the park. Spotlight team are some of then best in the business.
I have to say that I am a big fan of Jennifer O'Leary's work.
I always enjoy watching her documentaries.
I could watch herself & Peter Taylors documentaries all day long.
@@astafford8865 can you explain what you mean old chap?
Where is she exactly?
Liverpool are shite and God evidently didn't save the Queen.
God save the Queen. How long has she been dead.
@@patrickrooney5130 I thought you were referring to Jennifer O'Leary old chap.
U reckon the Queen is down below with the big fella?
Hopefully me or you don't end up down there Patrick my old son
She's useless. Mooney is equally laughable. And the yank clown and his bragging about being in continuity army is a complete joke. Only part that isn't funny is the deaths of innocent ppl that the yank clearly colluded in.
Loyalty over money ; money over everything else
Anything goes when campaighning against rurhless killers.
What? Loyalty over money yea? So how can u have money over everything else? Duuuuuuh!!!!
Great documentary with well researched background & interviews…well done 👏🙏
Great stuff as usual.
Keep up the good work ATL, it's much appreciated.
Excellent point on MI5, as an intelligence agency they aren’t concerned with ending the “conflict”
yes neither are the armed forces. it decisions of the politicians to act. the forces/services acr on orders from No. 10
@@GrassesNonsesExposed militaries by design want to fight and win
Int agencies want to get sources and retain them
They're concerned with monitoring the IRA and security threat from Irish republicans. The threat of Irish republican terrorism will never go away while Northern Ireland remains part of UK. MI5 and MI6 are intelligence services and wherever there's an ongoing or possible future threat, they have field operatives and intelligence gathering in place. The job of intelligence agencies is not to get an outcome, but to gather intelligence. It doesn't stop because conflict ends. Having intelligence tenticles all over the risk spots to your country and overseas territories is the best defense a country can have.
@@paullangton-rogers2390 bit of a self licking lollipop
They gather intelligence to gather more intelligence, rather than defeat the threat
"make noise in life" ..who would have thought that of an American !😏
I salute you sir 😂😂😂
I lost count how many times I patrolled that very street in Omagh. In fact, my profile photo was taken in St Lucia barracks in Omagh.
did you ever realise how brainwashed you was ?
@Bio Logy No, the IRA did the terrorizing. How many innocents did they murder? Exactly!!
@@user-so5rk8nx1sdid you ever bomb innocent civilians cars or?
@@CM19986Yet you support Ukraine trying to banish Russians from their land. tut tut.
@Bio Logy The only killing of innocents is done by scumbags you support.
Never seen this before and very insightful.
Everyone has a price ,that’s the problem… you always need outsiders and you never know who’s walking through the door
Or you just don't trust weirdo yanks...
Joe O’Neil should have told mckevitt Rupert was approached by the FBI this should have set alarm bells a wealthy American they should have done homework before letting him in as his wealth should have been investigated plus taking notes at meetings etc
It all sounds a little far fetched. It would be easier to be elected president of the US for someone who had zero history to be asked to be on the ARMY COUNCIL (of any of the breakaway movements ). McKevitt didn't live that long or rose up to army council by trusting the first bagman who came along. In fact !!! If I was him, I'd decline , and say "why the fuck would you ask me ?" . Because if he said yes, he'd likely have been shot. Because the normal reaction should be " whoaaa ? You're asking me to help with the leadership of the legitimate underground government of Ireland since 1918 ?. You think I'm a padraig Pearce or Thomas macdonagh or seamas twomey ? I think you're testing me here " . With an answer like that he might live ( if that question was ever even asked. His wife said he'd do anything for money and his story sounds like a cheap paperback )
Think of it.
Take a reality check there, the whole fkn Republican movement was RIFE with agents & informers. That’s where the GFA was a face saver for them.
He didn't claim to be wealthy. He was a bag man, with other people's money.
Aye , That was a fkn obvious thing to do and taking notes...a big red fkn flag there like...!!
@@orosedobheathaabhaile his wife said he'd do anything for money though. So he must've been making cash , even if it was to be given secure accomodation in a witness protection program. The very fact that he's giving that interview means he either wants pay, or is breaking the terms of the protection (if he's in that program ? )
Money or not, what he did took real courage.
many dangerous unknown lives will never be told
52:27 Feel sorry for the cop trying to open the barrier, the other bloke just crushed it
Yeh looks like he was day dreaming,
I mean could he not hear the sound of sirens heading in his direction and have the barriers open.
22k a month to grass your friends up! Wow, sounds like a fantastic deal. Definitely something to be proud of.
Imagine a American calling people Terriosts lol
😂😂😂
Take it your Irish? I'd be more grateful to them if I were you🤷♂️
Yes he is right killing is wrong however America has killed more innocent people post WW2 than any other nation. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Pure ignorance to point the finger
@@andsowot not necessarily Irish, just not a dupe
@@andsowotMore grateful? Care to expand cos I'm sure you're not referring to the millions of innocent civilians they have wiped off planet earth.
Beware of Americans bearing gifts.
What an incredible story and man. No one could ever imagine what this Gent has been through....
informer scum
Please think again via referring to my comment that follows yours.
@@hamishford5486 don't understand your comment.
@@simonrodgers9105Will someday the Brits realise who the real terrorists were? Maybe take a look at Ukraine War if you're struggling to understand
@@munsteerarla6585 yes the ira iplo inla should I go on?
How many lives did this couple save. Respect to you both.
But they might also have cost lives. Spying is a deadly business.
What a comment, maybe read a book or two. Clearly never been to my country and seen what we went through
Only lives they saved sp far are their own lol.
@@patrickmcghee1988 So did everybody else even the English,ever heard of the 'enclosure acts' a bit like the clearences in Scotland. The decendents of the victims did not go murdering everyone they did'nt see eye to eye with though. Irishmen have served in The British Army since Methusela was a boy by the way, and damn fine soldiers they are too. Suck it up.
@@philiprufus4427 hahahaha. If that makes u feel better well done mate, your a hero 💪
I met this man and he is a very great guy I didn’t even know who he was until he told me thank you David I truly hope we do meet again
This man’s motivation had nothing to do with killing being wrong. He’s a money hungry rat, even seeking out the limelight to this day. You have to be an awfully manipulative person to do what he did here.
Aw and a bunch of homicidal killers got stuffed becahse of him, shame.
Don't blame Rupert... blame McKevitt for being blinded by his greed & trusting an American in the first place.... 👎
True story
@@ogrebattle22763was around the time of decommissioning and probably would do anything to get arms....plenty of Americans were staunch like martin galvin
@@philiprufus4427Do you understand the nature of political warfare it’s nasty everyone knew this would happen, it was horrible I’ll never forget hearing about this outrage, I truly believed it had nothing to do with republicans I couldn’t except that for a year. I thought Brit intelligence had something to do with it.
Killing is wrong,it was in omagh and it was wrong in Iraq Afghanistan and Syria.
Presumably then it was also wrong in 1944/5 when the allied forces killed Germans and deposed Hitler?
it can be justified. to protect home, family ,country
@@GrassesNonsesExposed yes I would agree. In fact it goes back a very long time, to the days of Moses where Joshua takes the Jews into Canaan and is ordered by God to slaughter every living thing and creature that they find.
@@frankieRandle8779 "innocent people"
One man terrorist is an other mans freedom fighter. sad really but That just the way it is
Very good presentation.
"Rupert" was the hint.
Keep these coming! Watching from Houston Texas! By NASA
Small world! Born in Belfast, now in VA, but lived for a while in Clear Lake! ☺️
Smaller world born in Lisburn,lived and married in VA now living in Galveston
Nasa is fake AF.
Stealing Millions from the public every week...for what?
Clown world loves people like you
@@Anitadump232Home town of Jack Johnson 😊
Houston we have a problem
So sad so many innocent lives have been lost that could of been saved, all because of the corrupt establishment's throughout the world.
The American was a snake he didn’t stop nothing I hate what happened in Omaha truly it sickened me.
One man's traitor one man's hero. It's complicated.
The Garda didn’t want you to know what they knew 😂😂😂
MR.RUPERT IS A LUCKY MAN TO BE TALKING TODAY. THEM MEN ARE RUTHLESS 10:19
They cover both sides
Fansanating story , excellent reporting
The lifes that that couple saved must ve countless! Heros.
Rats, and you know what you do with rats
Car bombers, and you know what to do with them. Suck it up, anyway you wanted to keep ROI Irish and now its full of migrants so it was all for nothing in the end lmao.
Feed them cheese?
Show them the money?
Agreed, as I listened to his story all I could think was this guy is nothing more than a snitch. He wasn't speaking to police to save himself from life in prison or to protect his family. He betrayed people's trust for cash and excitement.
There were rats on both sides…
Increíble how people with no refrences can enter into such a circule it just shows lack of real connections and desperation insiste of the disidentes .
Terry Tibbs, talk to me...
I've never understood why PIRA (and OIRA in Dublin) celebrated the GFA as a 'Victory'. The GFA cemented the status-quo.
Presumably PIRA/INLA & UVF/UDA etc were so riddled with 'touts' that it was virtually impossible to carry out any significant operations ('The Dirty War' ).
This Ruper fella is a prime example (both within PIRA & RIRA). MI5 always want 'skin in the game' so they must have people inside CIRA nowadays plus any breakaway Loyalist groups.
What was all the bloodshed & terrible suffering on both sides all about then?
The priority for the Irish community by the late 80s became a lasting ceasefire, one man one vote, the pull out of the British troops, cowing the loyalist paramilitaries, and participation of Republicans in a more powerful local parliament. There were people born in the their 30s in 1998 who knew nothing but violence their whole lives and were deeply suspicious of half of the population. They didn't want to live in fear anymore and were willing to make sacrifices they weren't willing to make in 1972. The political struggle also became more important than the military struggle throughout the 80s as Sinn Féin surged in popularity post-hunger strikes and as the IRA's military successes waned in Belfast, combined with the increase in tit for tat killings between PIRA, INLA, OIRA, and IPLO. The success of the IRA came from its community support but as that disappeared after the Eniskillen bombing, even they had to admit that the jig was up and accept terms they wouldn't have in 1969-82. Unfortunately the British changed a lot of the terms they'd agreed to in 1994, 1995, and 1998 last minute and then didn't even adhere to those in the years after resulting in another agreement in 2007 and then reneged on those too. But you can see where the war-weary people were coming from.
Thanks for sharing
Surprised hes still alive
Another class operation by Mi5 and Garda...Yet again..
Rupert sitting in Queens seat. Sounds like his ego is at him.
Never underestimate the reach of the ira
Legitimacy is so important.
Great watch
Americans profess their love of Ireland and like to exhalt their decendancy.America as usual was in league with the British to hold Ireland as a colony.America could have prevented the blood of the Irish instead of being a culprit.
What do you think independence day is about?
You do realize that we are not our government, right? Plenty of Americans thought Ireland should be independent of british rule. Our government doesn't have a habit of listening to our views and is (especially back then) heavily influenced and corrupt.
@@magnuskane246Thank you. The government made no movement to disengage from the Brits. But American people provided massive funding for the armed struggle. I’m finding Americans on this channel, besides myself who care about the history and a United Ireland. I realized awhile ago that having Irish Ancestry wasn’t what mattered, it’s how much you know and care about the history of this island.
The six-million-dollar man.
Without Prejudice
On a Legal Evidence Point, during the "interview's" by the reporter, That the Non Irish trucker had spoken about his own Criminal Action's where he materially assisted the common criminals, in their unlawful criminal and or their terrorist unlawful criminal actions. Accordingly, it would appear necessary that both the reporter and whatever Documentary company who filmed or videoed this Non Irish trucker, have A Duty to Law + Order to Upload a complete unedited copy of Their recordings of the Non Irish Trucker, in Order to ensure That a complete account is presented.
Furthermore, where the Non Irish trucker has Admitted to materially assisting common criminals and Terrorist's in their unlawful criminal terrorists actions, Then a Complete unedited copy of their recordings Should immediately be made available to ALL Relevant Authorities in Order to Ensure That the Said Non Irish trucker may be properly be Prosecuted before A Criminal Court Of Law for the Crime's which he materially participated.
From his own recorded admission, he should be facing Criminal Prosecution in one or three separate Legal Jurisdiction's.
A Crime, especially a Terrorist Crime by a Non National is a Very Serious Matter for ALL Civilized NATION'S. And, if the reporter and Programmer maker's intend to be Law + Nation Respecting Then it is Absolutely Necessary that the reporter and Programmer maker's hand a unedited complete copy of their recordings to ALL THREE NATION'S.
LAW + ORDER IS REQUIRED.
Issue is, he was working for several nations as an agent. If you know anything about agents within troubles, they are a law all onto their own.
The American government don't care about law and order. They go into any sovereign country they feel like and do whatever they want. Desperate to please the American warlords and not upset them the Irish government let them do whatever they want. The American trucker is a bit of a story teller the IRA had more holes then a sieve but I doubt he had much of a influence. They would use him for money no doubt but much else I have my doubts
Several thoughts:
1. It’s no secret that the US always meddles in foreign countries politics. That they even send willing civilians Make me really wonder about the US American attitude.
2. I have a hard time to view him as hero when he gave the money and bomb parts to them to kill innocent people. Yeah, “he’s a snitch for the greater good” but I have a hard time to believe that people can easily raise in ranks without getting their hands dirty. In the end it’s always the others… I don’t know.
3. Surprised and happy for him that he’s still alive. That’s a miracle.
brits are always meddling in other countries affairs, and yet they cant even look after them selfs
Should get his day and will 😮
U.S. citizens attitude is not the govt
The UK and THE USA are the greater good?
You need to study a bit of history there fella.
Shows how stupid and gullible all party's where ....
I wonder if he is in witness protection now
He Will need to be in Witness Protection for the rest of his life, because he will most definitely have a target on his head now
He wouldn't need to be. If he lived on a big property with good guns
2:51 Why is that AK missing its bolt carrier assembly?
NO SURRENDER NO RETREAT
he will be looking behind for the rest of his life ,a high price to pay ,,but he is a rat ,and rats are delt with once there located .
Something seems odd, like a flushing op. This parallels j118, scap, adams, mcinnis, stakeknife in IRA
How do you mean “flushing op” never heard of the term, genuinly curious
ALL TOUTSDOGS ON THE STREET'S KNOW
He really love's truck's
Why were the IRA indiscriminately binning and killing their own people along with Brits? So so so unnecessary. Did it really help, killing a mother and her unborn twins for instance?
They may have been sincere, they were sincerely murdered.
This guy talking seems so uninterested, unable to really be clear. “Really exciting” he says in the most laid back voice.
They attacked England only ❤
Prefer the ethos and values of the old RA...can't identify with this new lot.
Joe O`Neill was a great fella, taken in by American tout.
Let's take the big yank in lad's what's the worst thing that can happen
The old tale. Divide and concour. The Brits invented it.
Ya Brexit split tem clowns for good not so cocky now empire gone
For anyone else who's finding the narrative dragging: play it at 1.25 speed. Even the interviewees' voices sound better.
This USA guy was in on it all.. Working all sides.. He thinks that’s ok.. probably paid by all 3 sides.. All the IRA done was wrong ..This Real IRA..is so unjust as to why it all started. What and he didn’t know all this before hand.... Considering his part surprised to know he is still alive. … Interesting Documentary though
Americans make me laugh when they say they are 10th generation Irish Americans mmm
There NOT Americans, The Irish could not beat the Brits,so some of them went'accross the pond' joined the US Army and beat the crap out of The Real Americans instead. They tried it on the Canadians too. Bad Idea,did'nt work, Canadians are nice people but don't mess with them, you'll most likely get hurt.
And the majority of so called Irish Americans are protestant too.
@@philiprufus4427What are you on., or do you live in the land of make belive.
If you can't get dual citizenship in Ireland then you have no biz claiming irish heritage. I'm American first, but definitely have irish roots as my grandpa was fresh off the boat irish. My great grandpa was actually IRA. It annoys me that we have people with 5% Irish ancestry who only acknowledge the country on st patty's day. Most of them have never even heard of The Troubles, or Bobby Sands. When they hear "IRA" they think of an investing bank account. It's embarrassing
As we speak Sinn Fein has majority seats in N.I .....Change is coming
Yep full migrants that kind of change ?
@@fredshred5194doesn't matter better than the loyalist brits
@@ciararespect4296 Wrong again, they are Irish a reality that you can't accept. They prefer the Crown than Vatican. You know this but come posting crap. Give it time for sex grooming gangs, rapists and other cultural exchanges settle in.
@@ciararespect4296 ✅🇮🇪🇮🇪love it
God bless sinn fein, victory belongs to the Irish
And we look on and see.
This American guy is full of bull. A truck driver claiming to own a trucking company, (trucking business he said). He is not bright enough to be an agent or even an asset of the FBI or MI5
But he's dumb enough to get used by the FBI asca pawn in a game...
Play by the sword and youll die by the sword ⚔️ R.I.P to our irish brothers
Must be Said we what ever you think. We gave that lot something to think about. How and what tactics where always taken to a Foreign Army.
Grassssssss ✊🏻🏴🇮🇪💚
Why would you show your face if your a spy Hell no
Doesn't anyone know when this documentary was first released?
21 Mar 2023
A trucker in the IRA says it all doesn’t it 😅
Back in the day that wouldn't be happening.
Do the british army drive trucks...??
@@MarkG-f7v yeah, lowloader for tanks. 🤣
@user-sj1xn7wm2b yes lol they do. I'm stupid! It's more like the TA now driving around!
glad a trucker and not a fucker🤔😅😁
I dont understand, so he was just giving them money which had been raised by IRA men in America? Other than the software he never gave them any materiel? No guns or explosives? He only gained postion and respect for running NORAID money?
NORAID it’s something I did not hear mentioned. Correct me if I’m wrong!
@Edwin Salau It was alluded to rather than specifically mentioned, but that's what the money Ruairi O Bradaigh was raising was certainly
Today, who would trust the yanks?
WHO WOULD TRUST THE IRA ??? There followers maybe !
This man sold out his friend for a bag of silver. I don't buy for one second that he suddenly became moralistic about the whole thing. Absolute snake of a man.
Ime sure the ira have says in mi6 and the FBI also
If someone goes to your country USA want would you do Ireland 🇮🇪 is lreland full stop 🛑
Why are these villains coming out of the woodwork now? For the money. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ have a lot to answer for, like the dead poor souls that were murdered by both sides, but the above named who were doing this on my tax pounds. It was like the Wild West.
Of course they're the baddies-not like the psychopaths of the Republican and Loyalist killer groups.
His last name says it all!!
I thought the fbi at least at this time period was confined to issues within the borders of the USA.
Exactly, would be the CIA
Yes, I would have thought any US operative overseas would have been CIA.
It may be it was a joint FBI/MI5
@@jackietreehorn5561911 was an inside job. Everyone knows that.
@@seamusburke9101when steel heats up it bends and concrete on top falls like dominoes....... imagine the amount of people who would have been involved in that..... Pure shite
FBI is authorized to investigate terrorism whether foreign or domestic
A touts a tout for a that
Living and working in Belfast, my home town along side high ranking republicans during the worst of the violence this story just seems so far fetched. The Republican movement intelligence officers were ruthlessly efficient about vetting people and especially bringing new sources into the fold .
Stakeknife has been in touch and says you're talking out of your arse. Along with half the army council.
Freddie Scappaticci top IRA enforcer and mole for British intelligence lol the republicans were massively infiltrated. Sinn fein / IRA new they had lost their so called war.
Yeah but what about Scappaticci? My personal feeling is the war ended with the Good Friday Agreement as my support, and many of my family who were released due to that agreement, was for PIRA and not any of these splinter groups. But to think Scapp wasn't a spy for the Brits is just fantasy, and it's obvious he wasn't the only one. Unfortunately the whole movement was riddled with touts. But the war is over so maybe just let sleeping dogs lie?
Is that why the organisation was riddled with informers like Freddie Scapatichie ?
(One of the 'Ruthless Enforcers)
@@philiprufus4427 The army council was riddled with informers, also.
For all of the involvement, of Sinn Féin .Both at grass roots and politicality .The omagh, 1998 bomb. .The Northern Bank robbery .They have not gone away .It was left up to, The briish, American and irish governments to find a way, to have a permenant paece, in northern ireland .Was there a way forward .For those who neither believe, In todays. Transition into a modern irish Society .Were the brits were in control of the north of ireland, and up to this day .And then, until a border poll is then call . Were the people can vote otherwise, for change, to take place, on this island . .The uk general election is up next . .On that road ....Times or, a changing slowly .In northern ireland .
Shame about the sound quality
No issue with the sound on this doc, check your headset chum
Sounds good
Informer like over your shoulder and sleep with one eye open. Informer
Rupert is full of self importance. Pinch of salt for me. Has no credibility whatsoever, aN American ex truck driver turned James Bond....hmmm
I thought u had 2 b Irish 2 b in IRA??
🇺🇲🤔
This guy was just some brokie
Coin operated,my type of volunteer!
Don't blame the Irish or English the Scots are the big boys ❤
terrible analysis .
Scots were exiled initially in Northern Ireland, and used to displace native Irish.
It's Scots island.
The Diego Germpiric cults are foreigners.
@@edwinsalau150 A proddy extremist sect was used by English crown as they were in process of being kicked out of Scotland .
Scots are England's lapdogs ...
He's the heart of nothing
i think someone is a fantasist and telling some real porkies.
never met him
He had facework done I feel
Never trust a rat.
looking over yer shoulder for the rest of your life!!!!!!
Nobody is going to bother him! 😊
UNLESS SOMEONE GETS THEM FIRST, LOOKS LIKE NOW THEY DON'T ONLY HAVE THE PRODS AND THE SAS TO WORRY ABOUT. ALSO THE GUARDA AND UNCLE TOM COBBLY AND ALL.
A MONEY RAT🐀
Snitch, his whole genom should be erased.
These 2 r Deranged!!
Ok bro😂
Such a brave couple. Terrorism should always be opposed.
🤣🤣🤣 they are wannabe terrorists and complicit in killing
Meddling Yank rats should always be opposed.