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Fri 12 Dec 2006SF could 'contaminate' policing - DUPSinn Féin could contaminate policing and justice if the party gets control over it in a devolved government, a hardline Democratic Unionist Party MEP said today.As Assembly members discussed policing and justice powers being transferred from Westminster to a future power-sharing government, Northern Ireland MEP Jim Allister said the first anniversary of the dropping of spying charges against three people including British agent Denis Donaldson served as a reminder of why unionists should be concerned about Sinn Féin having any say.