Operation Kenova

On 8 March 2024, the Kenova interim report by Boutcher was published. On Stakeknife, it says, "The number of lives he saved is between high single figures and low double figures and nowhere near hundreds". He cost more lives than he ever saved. He was involved in criminality, terror and murders, that could not be defended. Boutcher said Scappaticci should have been prosecuted and called upon the government and Republicans to apologise to all of the affected families who had suffered abduction and murder. The interim report lists a total of ten recommendations. The Kenova investigation has so far taken seven years and cost over £40,000,000. Northern Ireland first minister Michelle O'Neill reiterated her apologies for all the lives that were lost, during The Troubles. David Cameron, the foreign secretary, stated that the government's position was to await the Kenova final report, before taking any decisions. ==Operation Denton==

Operation Denton is an offshoot of Operation Kenova which examines actions of the Glenanne gang and its links with security forces. It was initially headed by Jon Boutcher. that his team would ‘define the character, the nature and the extent of that collusion’ and their assessment would be included in its report which is expected in 2025. ==Undisclosed files==

In August 2024, Iain Livingstone, former head of Operation Kenova, announced that MI5 had not disclosed all material it had on Stakeknife before Operation Kenova published a report earlier in 2024. He said that he and Jon Boutcher, the former head of Kenova, had previously stated that they believed that they had been given access to all files that MI5 had in relation to Stakeknife. She also said that the new material may alter what families had been told previously. She added that "MI5 should never have put the families in this position" and "This could be retraumatising... I think it is absolutely disgraceful." Originally the final Kenova report was to have been published before Christmas 2024 but it has been delayed to 2025 to assess the newly disclosed material. ==References==