 Former British soldier and Troubles' writer Ken Wharton suggested in his 2013 book "Wasted Years, Wasted Lives, Volume 1" that the accusations against Hanna having been involved in loyalist paramilitary activities were unsubstantiated.RUC Special Patrol Group officer John Weir named Hanna, along with senior UVF member Robin Jackson and Davy Payne (UDA Belfast), as having led one of the two teams that bombed Dublin on 17 May 1974.Weir additionally alleged that Hanna had been the main organiser of the attacks.