MoD Critiques BBC SAS Allegations
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•BBC report on unlawful SAS killings 'broadly accurate', MoD concluded
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BBC Panorama report on unlawful SAS killings 'broadly accurate', MoD concluded in 2019 letter.
MoD 's response sought to deny the claims, pointing out no prosecutions.
The letter, from a senior MoD official to then-defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace , was one of several internal documents cited.
Sir Ben told the inquiry that he did not follow Mr Sanders ’ advice, and instead instructed that the closure not be announced before the programme aired.
He told the court that he believed announcing the closure ahead of the programme would be ill-advised before knowing the exact contents of the broadcast.
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