How a Met police spy's fake identity was rumbled | Rob Evans

A police spy using the fake identity of a dead boy was confronted by suspicious leftwing activists and then disappeared

An undercover officer can be unmasked at any point in their deployment. It is one of their biggest fears. Even the possibility of being exposed can spell the end of their covert operation.

Police have admitted this is what happened to one of their spies who had been sent to infiltrate leftwing groups.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2zLHG8C