MI6 is out of control
May 3rd, 2012Nobody knows exactly what happened to cause Gareth Williams’ body to be found padlocked in a holdall. But it does look increasingly suspicious that a third party was responsible and the involvement of MI6 officers, and in particular officers in the Met’s counter-terrorism branch SO15, cannot be ruled out. Unaccountably, they failed to report him missing for 7 days which is extraordinary for someone engaged in sensitive work at GCHQ, and the explanation given by his line manager lacked all credibility according to the coroner. SO15 failed to inform the senior investigating officer about 9 memory sticks and a black holdall found at his MI6 office until 2days before the end of the inquest. No formal statements were taken by SO15 offivers who interviewed Williams’ colleagues. And the family reported that he had complained of ‘friction’ at MI6 at the time of his death. None of this points directly to SIS involvement in his death, but it does fit into a pattern that is beginning to emerge of MI6 acting as a law unto itself. (more…)
