The ex-police chief who authored the report says it has cleared security checks without changes.
The report examines the actions of the Army's top IRA spy Stakeknife, widely believed to have been Freddie ScappaticciA report on the activities of the British Army-run agent within the Provisional IRA known as Stakeknife is a step nearer publication after national security checks.
Part of the process involved consultation with the Cabinet Office on whether any of its contents were prejudicial to national security. The highly-anticipated report also examines to what degree the state was complicit in his crimes, including multiple murders and acts of kidnap and torture.There had been concern raised that the report could be censored or even blocked by UK intelligence agencies.Jon Boutcher, a former chief constable of Bedfordshire, headed up Operation Kenova
"It has now been provided to the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland to assess whether the report is prejudicial to any possible future prosecutions," he wrote.
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