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| Paisley jr's Libya claim queried | Paisley jr's Libya claim queried |
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| The government has been asked to comment on a suggestion by Ian Paisley jr that PSNI officers working in Libya may have been gathering intelligence. | The government has been asked to comment on a suggestion by Ian Paisley jr that PSNI officers working in Libya may have been gathering intelligence. |
| On Friday Mr Paisley defended his decision to approve secondments to Libya saying it was "useful" to have an officer bringing back information. | On Friday Mr Paisley defended his decision to approve secondments to Libya saying it was "useful" to have an officer bringing back information. |
| TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the Home Secretary asking if the secondments involved intelligence work. | TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the Home Secretary asking if the secondments involved intelligence work. |
| He said he is worried that officers could be put at risk. | He said he is worried that officers could be put at risk. |
| Mr Paisley approved a secondment request for PSNI officers to train Libyan police in 2008 in his role as chair of the Policing Board's Human Resources sub-committee. | Mr Paisley approved a secondment request for PSNI officers to train Libyan police in 2008 in his role as chair of the Policing Board's Human Resources sub-committee. |
| When the decision was revealed by the BBC on Friday there was outrage from some victims groups and unionist politicians. | When the decision was revealed by the BBC on Friday there was outrage from some victims groups and unionist politicians. |
| Intelligence | Intelligence |
| Mr Paisley's party colleague Nigel Dodds said it was "totally inappropriate and offensive" given Libya's history of arming the IRA. | Mr Paisley's party colleague Nigel Dodds said it was "totally inappropriate and offensive" given Libya's history of arming the IRA. |
| He also said: "Whoever made that decision, whoever thought that was the right way to proceed, must be living in a different world and different planet" | |
| In an interview defending his decision Mr Paisley said: "In an adult world you don't have to be a genius to work out why it would be useful to have a senior officer, who has got intelligence skills, to look at Libya and to examine that country and to look at the facts that surround that country and to bring that information back to us.. | |
| NI-CO experts will provide a 12 day training programme to 20 Libyan Drug Law enforcement officers. The course will be delivered by five retired police officers from both the London Metropolitan Police and the PSNI NI-CO statement Retired officers to go to Libya | |
| ""It would have been very churlish from our point of view, being aware of all of the facts that I can't go into in total detail... whenever we know that other material came in the opposite direction as a result of Libya trying to help." | ""It would have been very churlish from our point of view, being aware of all of the facts that I can't go into in total detail... whenever we know that other material came in the opposite direction as a result of Libya trying to help." |
| Mr Allister said he doubted very much if their was an intelligence aspect to the officers' work but called on the Home Secretary to make a clear statement on the matter. | Mr Allister said he doubted very much if their was an intelligence aspect to the officers' work but called on the Home Secretary to make a clear statement on the matter. |
| "I am concerned about the risk posed to officers on foreign service if this perception is either true or allowed to gather credence," he said. | "I am concerned about the risk posed to officers on foreign service if this perception is either true or allowed to gather credence," he said. |
| "Hence, I believe it is important that the Home Secretary clearly states the position on these matters." | "Hence, I believe it is important that the Home Secretary clearly states the position on these matters." |