4: Loose Talk Costs Lives | Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

Duration: 1'02'03''

Synopsis

Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organisations to gain intelligence. No-one can be trusted as fear and suspicion run rife.

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