Sinn Féin has called on the British government to publish full contents of the Stevens Report into collusion between British military intelligence services and loyalist paramilitaries.
Party chairman Mitchel McLaughlin, speaking in the wake of the latest media reports about the activities of Stakeknife, said it was time for the British Prime Minister to put an end to "spinning and unverifiable allegations".
"We have had a week of British Intelligence agency leaks and spin.
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"It is time for the British government to come clean on the activities of its agents' murky activities here over the past 30 years," he said.
Mr McLaughlin claimed the latest media reports about Stakeknife showed that elements within the security service were intent on undermining the peace process.
"Tony Blair needs to get control of his Government's secret services and end their dirty war in Ireland.
"He must also put a stop to attacks on the peace process by these agencies leaking and spinning unverifiable allegations.
"A start would be the publication of the full contents of the Stevens Report.
The limited publication of just 15 pages showed conclusively that British intelligence agencies were recruiting, training and equipping unionist paramilitaries for a murder campaign against the republican/nationalistpopulation," he added.
But Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson said it was clear that the stories emerging about Stakeknife were causing major embarrassment within the Republican movement.
"If republicans want to continually pick open the wound of the past 30 years of conflict by calling for investigations and inquiries into the police and army then perhaps it is time to examine in more detail the role of leading Sinn Féin politicians in the IRA and to examine their involvement in crimes including murder.
"I think Sinn Féin need to decide whether it is time to move on or alternatively, we spend the next 30 years raking over what has happened in the past 30 years," he added.
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