ABSTRACT Boston College’s Burns Library established a project in 2001 which archived over 200 interviews with two non-state armed groups in Northern Ireland in order to collect primary data on the Northern Ireland conflict before the death of some of the key armed actors. Interviews were confidential and embargoed till the death of the informants. Following the deaths of two of the interviewees, and a third interviewee revealing her participation to the press, the project director published a book and made a television documentary based on their interviews. Subsequently, the police in Northern Ireland requested access to the interviews under the United States-United Kingdom Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). Initial legal resistance by Boston College and protracted legal resistance by project director and researchers proved unsuccessful. Based on interviews handed over by Boston College to the authorities, one interviewee has been charged with soliciting a murder, and a second with two murders. A film based on videoed interviews with a third interviewee was released after her death. This article considers the implications of the Boston College project for academic research in times of conflict and the ethical, methodological and political implications for future research focused on non-state armed actors.

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采访战士：波士顿学院案例的教训

摘要波士顿学院的伯恩斯图书馆在2001年建立了一个项目，该项目对北爱尔兰的两个非国家武装团体进行了200多次采访，目的是收集一些主要武装行为者去世之前有关北爱尔兰冲突的主要数据。采访是保密的，并且被封锁，直到被告告去世。在两名受访者死亡之后，第三名受访者向媒体透露了她的参与，项目负责人出版了一本书，并根据他们的采访制作了电视纪录片。随后，北爱尔兰警察要求接受《美国-英国司法互助条约》（MLAT）规定的采访。波士顿学院最初的法律抗拒，以及项目主管和研究人员长期的法律抗拒均未成功。根据波士顿学院移交给当局的访谈，一名受访者被控谋杀，另一名受访者涉嫌两起谋杀。在她去世后，根据对第三位受访者的视频采访录制的电影被释放。本文考虑了在冲突时期波士顿学院项目对学术研究的影响，以及对以非国家武装行为者为重点的未来研究的伦理，方法和政治影响。