Minister said ‘elements’ in UK security services hostile to NI peace process

Notes from 2002 record John Reid saying there was a potential coalition' trying to frustrate peace process in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland secretary in mid-2002 told a cabinet meeting that elements in the security services" were part of a potential coalition" trying to frustrate the peace process.

John Reid was briefing fellow ministers a day after Tony Blair had told MPs that the IRA's ceasefire was not enough.