Mr. John Kelly:

Deputy Ferris asked us to comment on state truth. We had one of the most infamous examples of a state cover-up, namely, the Widgery tribunal in 1972. It certainly suited the British Government at the time that the Widgery tribunal was put in place to deliver that untruth about Bloody Sunday. He produced a cover-up that was welcomed by the British Government at the time. That remained the case for many years, but the families never gave up. Eventually, we forced the British to reopen the case and we then got the Saville inquiry. Having said that, in the case of the Saville inquiry we never got the full truth - this was pointed out earlier. We never did and we probably never will because of the way the British state works. Those involved protect their own people before they will admit to the murder of innocent people. It is as simple as that. Those responsible in the British state wrote the book on cover-ups. They know how to do it and they will employ it many times in future as well.