Flannery / Cumann na Saoirse 1988 · p.18
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Irish Northern Aid Committee, aka Noraid aka INAC
homeless . the hungry, and the naked" However in April, 1982 , the United States (US) Department 'of Justice (USDJ) charged in a suit 'brought under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) that Noraid "since its inception has acted as an agent in this country of the PIRA , its political arm Sinn Fein, and their affiliates"
The USDC judge for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled that Noraid violated provisions of the FARA by failing to identify as a foreign principal the PIRA Addi found that Noraid had not fully identified officers and other groups acting for that it had not given the true address of its foreign principal; that it had not described properly its activities; and that it had not provided an accurate account its and disbursements it;
Since 1970 , no less than 10 officials and /or members:of Noraid including Michael Elannery' have been charged with involvement in illegal weapons shipments to the During Elannery's trial he admitted to immigrating to the US for the express purpose of organizing support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Also in testimony in open court Elannery stated that he 'supplied $17,000 in cash to PIRA weapons procurer George Harrison for the purchase of weapons destined for use by the PIRA Flannery' Harrison and three other defendants were all acquitted of all charges based upon a presposterous defense that they thought were working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) It is further noted that all indicted individuals in the Flannery trial admitted to weapons and arms procurement activities on behalf of the PIRA while in the they
Since its inception, Noraid has claimed that the monies collected are sent to An Cumman cabrach (ACC) , Dublin, Republic of Ireland (ROI) That group was established in 1953 to "alleviate hardships on republican (PIRA) prisoners and their dependents"
homeless . the hungry, and the naked" However in April, 1982 , the United States (US) Department 'of Justice (USDJ) charged in a suit 'brought under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) that Noraid "since its inception has acted as an agent in this country of the PIRA , its political arm Sinn Fein, and their affiliates"
The USDC judge for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled that Noraid violated provisions of the FARA by failing to identify as a foreign principal the PIRA Addi found that Noraid had not fully identified officers and other groups acting for that it had not given the true address of its foreign principal; that it had not described properly its activities; and that it had not provided an accurate account its and disbursements it;
Since 1970 , no less than 10 officials and /or members:of Noraid including Michael Elannery' have been charged with involvement in illegal weapons shipments to the During Elannery's trial he admitted to immigrating to the US for the express purpose of organizing support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Also in testimony in open court Elannery stated that he 'supplied $17,000 in cash to PIRA weapons procurer George Harrison for the purchase of weapons destined for use by the PIRA Flannery' Harrison and three other defendants were all acquitted of all charges based upon a presposterous defense that they thought were working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) It is further noted that all indicted individuals in the Flannery trial admitted to weapons and arms procurement activities on behalf of the PIRA while in the they
Since its inception, Noraid has claimed that the monies collected are sent to An Cumman cabrach (ACC) , Dublin, Republic of Ireland (ROI) That group was established in 1953 to "alleviate hardships on republican (PIRA) prisoners and their dependents"