FILM REVIEW: “The man who knew too much”

Michael Oswald’s extraordinary new film about former covert operative Colin Wallace highlights British intelligence and military psychological operations in Northern Ireland and begs the question: do they continue today with different political targets?

“Could you explain more about the kind of techniques you used to create psychological conflict?”

Colin Wallace, aged 77 years of age, suddenly pauses. He considers his next words carefully. “I have to be careful with that…,” he finally says in a thick Northern Irish accent.

“What I don’t want to do is actually share techniques that are still having impact.”