Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion

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(01-09-2010 12:39 PM)praxis Wrote:  So why are these details being allowed into the public domain? They could easily have been censored, and there must be a reason why the public are being a) told that Mr Williams worked for MI6 and b) encouraged to speculate on the manner of his death.

I don't think it will be long before there is another burst of news - and in a similar vein to the recent 'sleeper' revelations, it'll originate from 'official' sources. But we still won't know whether to believe it or not!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug...ice-worker

maybe when people (reporters) heard "foreign office", they thought "spy", because working in "Foreign Office" is probably a known cover for people working in national security.

This article is quite illuminating about the real life of a spook.