Boston judge rules against applicants in latest tapes case

Wife fears for former IRA man’s life

PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 7:47 AM

Updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11:22 AM

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The wife of a former IRA man fears her husband’s life will be in danger after another ruling in the Boston College transcript case.

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The wife of a former IRA man fears her husband’s life will be in danger after another ruling in the Boston College transcript case.

Carrie Twomey’s husband, Anthony McIntyre, is one of two applicants who have failed to block subpoenas issued by the US authorities in relation to transcripts and recordings of interviews with former IRA members.

McIntyre was one of two interviewers who recorded confessions from Irish terrorists as part of the Northern Ireland peace process.

The British government has demanded access to the tapes which are subject to a 30 year confidentially agreement.

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Now a federal judge in Boston has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the two men who sought to block the subpoenas issued by U.S. authorities.

District Judge William Young ruled in favor of prosecutors after a brief hearing in the city on Tuesday.

Previously, Young had ruled in December that interviews with former IRA member Dolours Price could be turned over to U.S. prosecutors but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked the handover.

Twomey has consistently argued that her husband’s life will be danger if the tapes are handed over to the British and made public.

Arguments in that case, down for court in March, will determine whether the interviews will be given to police in Northern Ireland.

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Searlit | Jan 26, 2012, 12:20 AM EST

Through them in the dirty water.

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SeamusMartin | Jan 25, 2012, 05:36 PM EST

Destroy, lose, just get rid of the tapes or papers. No more blood should be shed. End it. Tell the Brits, "NO!".

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canadianirish | Jan 25, 2012, 02:46 PM EST

So much for that trip to Belfast this summer....

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IrishDorothy7 | Jan 25, 2012, 12:11 PM EST

OK, so the Qurrn goes to Ireland and attempts to start a healing process. And now the US backs giving these tapes to the Northern Irish police??? There goes any Peace, and, there will be widowed families. Is this for real??? THINK,

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IronMountainMovies | Jan 25, 2012, 11:14 AM EST

The Hypocrisy of a country that is seeking to jail an army corporal for life for his Wikileaks exposure of US soldiers and helicopter officers gunning down innocent civilians in Iraq and then firing on injured civilians and cutting them to lumps of meat as they tried to crawl away and cheering as they did so. Nice! God bless America, land of the brave!

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PhlutiePhan | Jan 25, 2012, 11:13 AM EST

As someone whose great grandfather killed a "Black and Tan" and then came to the U.S., I am all for the Republic. However, there are now grave fears that the upshot in bombings in Northern Ireland is to practice for the 2012 London Olympics. Britain wants to give back Northern Ireland but the radical socialist provisionals are working with Iran and China where they are getting their bombing material. You don't get that kind of weaponry from saving Wheaties box tops.

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