Statement of Denis Donaldson

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The following is the statement of former British agent Denis
Donaldson.
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"My name is Denis Donaldson. I worked as a Sinn Fein Assembly
group administrator in Parliament Buildings at the time of the
PSNI raid on the Sinn Fein offices in October 2002 - the
so-called Stormontgate affair.

"I was a British agent at the time. I was recruited in the 1980s
after compromising myself during a vulnerable time in my life.

"Since then I have worked for British intelligence and the
RUC/PSNI Special Branch. Over that period I was paid money. My
last two contacts with Special Branch were as follows: two days
before my arrest in October 2002 and last night, when a member of
Special Branch contacted me to arrange a meeting.

"I was not involved in any republican spy ring in Stormont. The
so-called Stormontgate affair was a scam and a fiction. It never
existed. It was created by Special Branch.

"I deeply regret my activities with British intelligence and
RUC/PSNI Special Branch. I apologise to anyone who has suffered
as a result of my activities, as well as to my former comrades,
and especially to my family who have become victims in all of
this."