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  "path": "/global/world-analysis/2026/05/26/troubles-ireland-investigations/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T21:54:15.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
    "Analysis",
    "Global",
    "Ireland",
    "Northern Ireland",
    "Robert Freeman"
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  "textContent": "The director of national security for Britain, alongside others with links to MI5 and GCHQ, were part of a “secret policymaking group” that helped create the notorious Legacy Act. The 2023 Act was a concoction by the Tory government designed to shut down investigations into Troubles-era crimes, including those carried out by the British state. […]\n\nBy Robert Freeman",
  "title": "British spooks helped shut down investigations of Troubles-era atrocities"
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