It was put to Kemp that he had “no direct evidence” that Adams was involved.
Under cross-examination from Adams’ barrister, James Robottom, Kemp said he believed Sinn Féin and the IRA had “worked hand in glove”.
When it was put to Kemp that his interest in the case was not just personal but political, due to his vocal support for veterans, Kemp replied: “The evidence I’m giving is neither political nor personal, it’s simply the facts as I understood them at the time.”
Kemp served seven tours in Northern Ireland between 1979 and 2001.
He told the court had the intelligence he was receiving been “incorrect it would not have been maintained”.
“Generally speaking if you have reason to believe the intelligence is not accurate then it’s withdrawn.”
The retired colonel said he could not remember any occasion when any piece of evidence or intelligence about Adams had been withdrawn.
Later, Kemp told the court that the intelligence reports he had read “made it very clear Gerry Adams was an IRA commander from the 1970s, certainly up to the time of the (Good Friday) peace deal” in 1998.
“Whether he (Adams) dipped in and out of specific functions I’m not in a position to say,” he added.