The retired Canadian judge, Peter Cory, has the task of investigating some of the most sinister and disturbing murders in the history of the Troubles.
He is widely believed to have recommended public inquiries into a series of high-profile killings carried out by both loyalists and republicans which allegedly may have involved collusion with members of the security forces on either side of the border.
However, relatives of the victims still have no firm idea about what Judge Cory's report actually contains.
The latest speculation, supported by considerable circumstantial detail, focuses on two particularly shocking incidents.
Five people, ranging in age from 15 to 66, died when the UDA fired nearly 50 shots into a crowded bookmakers on Belfast's Ormeau Road in 1992.
Less than three months earlier, the UDA attempted to carry out a similar massacre in the Devenish Arms bar in the west of the city.
One man was shot dead, an eight-year-old boy lost an eye and many other people had fortunate escapes.
It is now being suggested by security sources that a powerful handgun used in both attacks had actually been in the possession of the police but was handed back to an agent within the UDA, Billy Stobie.
Although this may all have been part of a complex scheme to protect Stobie's position inside the UDA, it is claimed that no proper effort was made to monitor the movements of the weapon.
The subsequent 2001 murder of Stobie himself, again by the UDA, also raises many questions.
While it can be accepted that the world of detectives and paramilitary informers is invariably a murky one, in which difficult decisions may need to be taken to save lives, it is essential that some form of accountability must apply.
Judge Cory's report, which is in the hands of the British and Irish governments, has the potential to provide at least some of the explanations which the relatives of victims deserve to receive.
There is an overwhelming case for its publication at an early stage.
