'SAS's golden pass to get away with murder'
The Herald|January 09, 2025
SPECIAL forces must "live within the rule of law" after a probe heard claims they have a "golden pass... to get away with murder". Sir Ben Wallace, defence secretary from July 2019 to August 2023, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was essential the Afghanistan Inquiry, that he commissioned, got definitive answers over whether murders took place in the war-torn nation between 2010 and 2013.
'SAS's golden pass to get away with murder'

Documents released by the probe on Tuesday showed one special forces member had given evidence to say he was in danger of being branded a "traitor" after reporting that he had been told of one unit carrying out "flat-packing" murders of Afghan civilians.

The witness, known to the inquiry only as N1799, said he feared for his personal well-being when he made the allegation against the unit, known as UKSF1, adding: "I still do now."

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