Force Research Unit

The Force Research Unit is a covert military intelligence unit of the UK Ministry of Defense, under the Army's Special Intelligence Wing (SIW).  FRU is thought to specifically target terrorist organizations in Northern Ireland.  It is not clear the relationship between FRU, Royal Ulster Constabulary, MI5, GCHQ and 14 Company, however it is assumed that all work in tandem to support counterterrorist efforts in Northern Ireland.

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Article (The Guardian) "Admittedly the evidence from Mr Ingram - a pseudonym - is hearsay. He says he saw two members of the army's "covert means of entry" unit in a bar used exclusively by the Intelligence Corps at Thiepval barracks in Northern Ireland. In this intimate atmosphere, there was some slack talk. Ingram and colleagues seated round his table were told the two soldiers had been brought over from the Army's special intelligence wing at Ashford in England to destroy Stevens's offices in the heavily guarded police authority's premises outside Belfast. Sir John and his team have suspected such arson for 10 years.

Article (The Guardian) "Whoever planted the sophisticated bugging and tracking device on the Sinn Fein car - and suspicion yesterday fell on a secret military intelligence unit perhaps working with MI5 - they adopted a high risk strategy and were apparently unconcerned about the political fallout.

Article (The Guardian) "Last month the London-based human rights group, British Irish Rights Watch, handed the British and Irish governments a copy of its own investigation. Based on 'highly sensitive documents', it says: 'Members of the RUC and the Force Research Unit, a branch of military intelligence, closely and actively colluded in Mr Finucane's murder.'"

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