the shade of the cloud of arrows: what the anthony mcintyre subpoena is not

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What the Anthony McIntyre Subpoena is Not

British and Irish newspapers have begun to cover the latest subpoenaserved on Boston College for Belfast Project materials, and some are

getting big parts of the story wrong. Most egregiously, David Lawler

writesin the Telegraphthat the newly subpoenaed materials "could

shed light on the infamous abduction of Jean McConville in 1972."

Doubling down, Lawler's story later ascribes this view to the Police

Service of Northern Ireland: "The PSNI believes McIntryre's interviews

with former IRA members could indicate what role, if any, Gerry

Adams had in the kidnap and murder of McConville."

Not true. Not close to true.

Start with the subpoena itself, which directly declares the categories

of crime that are supposedly under investigation:

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The subpoena sent to Boston College tells us that police are

investigating "alleged violations of the laws of the United Kingdom,

namely, attempted murder, possession of explosives with intent to

endanger life, possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit

an indictable offence, and membership of a proscribed organization."

Notice the absence from that list of the crimes of kidnapping and

murder, the two things that were done to Jean McConville.

But that's only one of the reasons we know this new subpoena isn't

about Jean McConville. Recall that Boston College received two sets of

subpoenas back in 2011: A first set for particular interviews undertaken

with Dolours Price and Brendan Hughes, and a second (and later) set

requesting all interviews that described the McConville matter.

Burns Librarian Robert O'Neill, the university official responsible for

archiving the Belfast Project, told the federal district court that he was

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cataloging. That claim led Judge William Young to perform a complete

in camerareview of every IRA interview in the collection, personally

determining which interview materials were germane to a request for

evidence in the McConville case.Young ordered all of those

materials sent to the PSNI.

Now: The PSNI has returned to Boston, through the agency of the USAttorney's Office, to seek Anthony McIntyre's interviews, so...

1.) The PSNI doesn't already have McIntyre's interviews, but

2.) Four years ago, every Belfast Project interview with

material about the McConville murder was sent to the PSNI.

Therefore, McIntyre's interviews were not among those that contained

material about the McConville killing. Because they would already be in

Belfast, lodged with the police, if they did.

Anthony McIntyre's interviews don't contain information about the

McConville killing, and the new subpoena doesn't mention kidnapping

or murder. It's not at all correct to link this new subpoena for

McIntyre's interviews to McConville. Stop doing it.

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