In 1999 a car used by Lynch, which took Adams and McGuinness to meetings with the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was found to contain an MI5 bugging device. Mo Mowlam had personally sanctioned the listening and tracking device found in the vehicle, as she later confirmed in a television interview. MI5 later briefed the Sunday Times that the £20,000 device had also been intended to help locate IRA weaponry.
In 1999, an MI5 surveillance tool was discovered in a car driven by Lynch, which took Adams and McGuinness to secret meetings with the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Mo Mowlam personally authorized the listening device, as she later revealed on television. MI5 also told the Sunday Times that the £20,000 gadget was meant to aid in tracking down IRA arms.