Donaldson's Informant Game: A Decades-Old Suspicion

0:00On April 4th, Dennis Donaldson, the former Sinn Fein official, turned Republican prisoner, got gunned down in April 2006 at a remote cottage. In County, Donnagle, he'd just been outed as a special branch in MI5 agent, shaking the whole Republican world. Back in the late 1980s, they sent him to the United States to rebuild Republican networks there, working with groups like Norrade, a prominent Irish American named Mr. Galvin, who crossed paths with Donaldson, always smelled something off. Another ex-prisoner got booted by the FBI for a prior conviction, but Dennis waltz right back in, no issues. Galvin tipped off folks in Ireland, but they brushed it off, saying his credentials were solid. He couldn't believe how long it took to expose him as an agent. Now, years later, Donaldson's journal from that time sits with the guard eye, and these old suspicions are bubbling up again, reminding everyone how deep. The informing game ran.