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Mar 2025
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Revisited: The spy cops scandal (part 1)

The Guardian
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Guardian investigative editor Paul Lewis and investigative reporter Rob Evans detail their decade-long investigation into undercover policing. At least 139 officers were given fake identities to monitor the inner workings of more than 1,000 political groups. Jessica, a former member of one of those groups, describes the impact of discovering that a man with whom she began a relationship in 1992 was actually an undercover cop The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed is available on ITVX. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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