the programme then showed a briefing which played on the men's feelings for their colleagues murdered at kinnego, and emphasised that eugene toman, sean burns, and martin mccauley were the men believed "from an impeccable source" to be responsible, before knowingly concluding: "when you get the word from e4a, i want a vehicle control point set up and i want these men "stopped". no mistakes. remember: firepower, speed, aggression. show me what you've learnt..." this presentation could be read as consistent with john stalker's view, expressed to "the times" "in february 1988, that "i never did find evidence of a shoot-to-kill policy as such. there was no written instruction, nothing pinned up on a noticeboard. but there was a clear understanding on the part of the men whose job it was to pull the trigger that that was what was expected of them."