Seán Hartnett

Charlie One


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      CHARLIE ONE

      Seán Hartnett was born in Cork in 1975 and is married with two step-children. He joined the British Army in 1998 and served for almost seven years before moving first to South Africa, then Australia and finally returning to Ireland just as the Celtic Tiger was collapsing. He has worked as a security consultant for major companies and on government projects worldwide. He has also worked in the area of commercial espionage and counter espionage. He is a fanatical rugby fan and is a sucker for a slice of good Tiramisu.

      CHARLIE ONE

      THE TRUE STORY OF AN IRISHMAN IN THE BRITISH ARMY AND HIS ROLE IN COVERT COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

      SEÁN HARTNETT

      Published in 2016 by

      Merrion Press

      10 George’s Street

      Newbridge

      Co. Kildare

      Ireland

       www.merrionpress.ie

      © 2016 Seán Hartnett

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      An entry can be found on request

      ISBN 978-1-78537-085-4 (Paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-78537-086-1 (Kindle)

      Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

      An entry can be found on request

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved alone, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      Design by Sin É

      Typeset in Minion 12/14 pt

      Front cover by www.phoenix-graphicdesign.com

      Cover images © Pacemaker Press International (paramilitary) and

      © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com (CCTV bank)

      Printed by Scandbook AB, Sweden.

      For the brave men and women of JCU-NI,

      especially for North Det and Cameras Section.

       Ní Bheidh ár Leithéidí Arís Ann.

      Go out into the highways

      and along the hedges

      and compel them to come in

      so that my house may be filled.

      JCU-NI motto (Luke 14:23)

      CONTENTS

       Note to the Reader

       Maps

       Glossary of Terms

       Prologue: How the Hell Did I End Up Here?

       1.Up the ’RA

       2.The Queen’s Shilling

       3.Swift and Sure

       4.Sierra Leone

       5.Norn Iron

       6.Howes and Wood

       7.The Short Straw

       8.First Operation

       9.Hare & Hounds

       10.The Colombian Connection

       11.Sheriff’s Mountain

       12.Heli Down

       13.You’re Nicked

       14.Early Days at North Det

       15.Deadly Dilemma

       16.Harvey Street

       17.Tout

       18.The Book

       19.On Your Bike

       20.Mad Dog

       21.Lady Luck

       22.The Arse

       23.Withdrawal Methods

       24.Ní Bheidh ár Leithéidí Arís Ann

       Acknowledgements

      For security reasons many of the names and locations in this book have been changed. Identifying some of those involved on both sides may put their lives at risk. Those who are mentioned have already made it into the public domain with regard to the events featured in this book and further prior involvement with the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

      The naming convention of the JCU-NI personnel used in this book is unique to JCU-NI. It was used for both security purposes and for ease of remembering people’s names and functions at the Det. The convention was simple, your first name followed by the Det’s slang term for your job description i.e. Seán Tech (Royal Signals technician), Colin Opso (operations officer), Brian Ops (operator) or Mandy Spook (intelligence officer). It was part of a unique language spoken at the Det and became second nature to me during my time there.

      MAP OF DERRY CITY

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AORArea of Responsibility
ASUActive Service Unit
BleepSlang term for a Royal Signals radio operator at a JCU-NI Det
BoxMI5
BrownieSlang term for a photographer attached at a JCU-NI Det
CIRAContinuity IRA
CMOECovert Methods of Entry
COCommanding Officer
DetSlang term for a JCU-NI outpost, short for ‘Detachment’
ELINTElectronic Intelligence
FLIRForward Looking Infra-Red
FMBForward Mounting Base
FoSForeman of Signals – Warrant Officer in charge of all technicians at a unit
FRUForce Research Unit
GPMGGeneral