Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion

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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!