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Date Posted: Sun, May 18 2008, 19:25:12 PDT
Author: Richard
Subject: Action by British Secret Service cast doubt over FBI agent David Rupert's credibility

Garda evidence continues in Omagh bomb civil action
Thursday May 15 2008
The Omagh bomb civil action in Dublin has heard that a senior garda and a member of the British Secret Service talked about getting rid of a document which cast doubt over FBI agent David Rupert's credibility as the chief witness in the Michael McKevitt trial.
The court has heard that the conversation arose out of an allegation, made by David Rupert in an email, that the chief superintendent at the time effectively had no regard for loss of life in the North.
This is day four of the action in Dublin in which Gardai who investigated the 1998 atrocity are giving evidence.
Michael O'Higgins, for Michael McKevitt, who is serving 20 years for directing terrorism, continues to cross-examine a detective superintendent this afternoon.
Mr O'Higgins has referred to a document written up by an MI5 operative detailing a conversation between him and Chief Superintendent Dermot Jennings in February 2001.
The court heard they discussed an allegation made by David Rupert in an email stating that Jennings was only interested in illegal activity in the Republic, which Mr O'Higgins told the court effectively suggested that Jennings, as a senior garda, had no regard for loss of life in the North.
The court has heard that Jennings urged that the report which contained that allegation be removed after the MI5 operative suggested that, if the defence got hold of it, it could make Rupert an untrustworthy source.
The detective superintendent in the stand said the emails were disclosed to the defence in the McKevitt trial and Jennings was available to be cross-examined, but the defence, for whatever reason, didn't act on this.

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