The Operation Kenova report, which took seven years and cost £40m, is to be published on Friday.
A report into the activities of the Army agent known as Stakeknife will call for government and IRA apologies, it is understood.The report from the Operation Kenova inquiry will also call for a review into the policy of neither confirming, nor denying sensitive information.
The agent is widely believed to have been west Belfast man Fred Scappaticci, an IRA member, who, recruited by the Army, became one of the UK's top spies during the Troubles. As first revealed by Brian Rowan, BBC News NI's former security editor, the report is likely to call for an apology from the"The final text is tomorrow, but I've heard these words: 'The UK government should acknowledge and apologise to bereaved families and surviving victims, affected by cases where an individual was harmed or murdered because they were accused or suspected of being an agent and where this was preventable, or where the perpetrators could and should have been...
"What is being asked of the republican leadership is this: 'The republican leadership should issue a full apology for PIRA abduction, torture and murder of those it accused or suspected of being agents during the Troubles and acknowledge the loss and unacceptable intimidation that bereaved families and surviving victims have suffered.'"Thirty-two people were considered for prosecution in connection with the agent Stakeknife case, the Public Prosecution Service has said.
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