Editing Force Research Unit (section)

== FRU and the Stevens Inquiry ==
Former FRU operative [[Martin Ingram]] asserted that the arson attack which destroyed the offices of the [[Stevens Report|Stevens Inquiry]] at RUC Headquarters in [[Carrickfergus]] in 1990 was carried out by the FRU to destroy evidence on operational activities collected by Stevens' regarding crimes
committed by one of its double agents (allegedly [[Brian Nelson (Northern Irish loyalist)|Brian Nelson]]).<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 November 1999|title=For Queen and country|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2000|title=Police in hunt for British agent|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/21/northernireland.henrymcdonald1|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>''Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland'', [[Martin Ingram]], O'Brien Press, 2004</ref> At the conclusion of the Stevens Inquiry in 2003, files on nine former members of the FRU were sent to the [[Director of Public Prosecutions]] in Northern Ireland in regards to illegal activity uncovered by the inquiry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 April 2003|title=Names left out to protect future court proceedings|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/names-left-out-to-protect-future-court-proceedings-gzpjzg9bzrg|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en}}</ref>