14 Intelligence Company

14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (also known as "The Det") is alleged to have been an element of the British Army Intelligence Corps which operated in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwards. The unit conducted undercover surveillance operations against suspected members of Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups. Allegations of collusion with loyalist organisations were made against the unit.

Possible Covername
The term 14 Intelligence Company may be a cover name for the Special Reconnaissance Unit which is the term appearing in official documents from the 1970s. An April 1974 briefing for Prime Minister Harold Wilson states:
 * The term "Special Reconnaissance Unit" and the details of its organisation and mode of operations have been kept secret. The SRU operates in Northern Ireland at present under the cover name "Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Teams (Northern Ireland)" - NITAT(NI) - ostensibly the equivalent of genuine NITAT teams in UKLF and BAOR.

Structure
Authors claiming to be former members of the unit describe an organisation    with a depot in Great Britain and four operational detachments in Northern Ireland.


 * Main Det (Headquarters), RAF Aldergrove.
 * East Det, based at Palace Barracks, Belfast.
 * North Det, based at Ballykelly County Londonderry.
 * South Det based at Fermanagh.

Selection and training of personnel from all arms of the British Armed Forces was conducted in a number of locations on the mainland. Candidates, both male and female, volunteered for special duties for periods of 18-36 months, before being returned to a parent unit. Trained surveillance operators could volunteer for re-deployment after a period with the parent unit, with potential opportunities to serve in command, staff or training roles within the organisation or higher command structure.

Collusion accusations
14 Intelligence was accused of acting in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries by former intelligence personnel Fred Holroyd and Colin Wallace in regards to the death of senior Provisional Irish Republican Army member John Francis Green, the Miami Showband killings and the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings.