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RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - A Cousin - 27-08-2010 04:16 PM
(26-08-2010 11:10 PM)tyme4t Wrote: One of the suspects in this plot auditioned for ... Canadian Idol in 2008!
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/blogs/popculture/2010/08/ottawa-terror-suspects-canadian-idol-audition.html
Another reason to hate Idol in any of its incarnations. As if I needed one...
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - tyme4t - 27-08-2010 05:48 PM
Amen A Cousin!
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - praxis - 01-09-2010 12:39 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11152467
The inquest into the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams has been told that the body was padlocked into the holdall, so clearly someone else was involved. (There has been speculation that the poor man entered the bag voluntarily).
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!
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - lwhite53 - 01-09-2010 02:37 PM
"Police are treating the death as 'suspicious and unexplained.'" No s***, Sherlock!!
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - praxis - 01-09-2010 03:17 PM
Indeed, lwhite53! The police statements have been farcical all along.
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - tyme4t - 01-09-2010 08:09 PM
Oh my favourite line of the interview is "BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said details of the padlock "clearly indicates someone else was involved" in the incident." DUH...great grasp of the obvious...
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - Nitrus - 01-09-2010 08:09 PM
(01-09-2010 08:09 PM)tyme4t Wrote: Oh my favourite line of the interview is "BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said details of the padlock "clearly indicates someone else was involved" in the incident." DUH...great grasp of the obvious...
You say that, but Houdini would have done something like that because he was bored.
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - praxis - 01-09-2010 08:21 PM
Sounds like a case for Jonathan Creek!
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - rbs89 - 03-09-2010 03:22 AM
(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/25/suspected-spy-foreign-office-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.
RE: Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion - praxis - 03-09-2010 09:46 AM
Very interesting article, rbs89- thanks for the link.
I read( in the Times on Saturday, I think) that the information about his employment came from 'usually reliable' sources within MI6. As a former journalist myself, reading between the lines, to me that would strongly indicate an unattributable briefing by MI6 brass. Trouble is, the police and MI6 are briefing differently. The police are being far more cautious, whereas MI6 are giving away information which can only compromise any serious attempt by the police to find out who carried out the crime. I wonder why?