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He might have been a pre-Snowden that didn't escape: Williams was unhappy with his work environment at MI6 and felt he didn't fit in with his colleagues. Durin
by ck2 13y ago
He might have been a pre-Snowden that didn't escape:
Williams was unhappy with his work environment at MI6 and felt he didn't fit in with his colleagues. During the inquest, testimony revealed that the coder had conducted unauthorised searches of an MI6 database
also: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/codebreaker-death/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/codebreaker-death/
- Ntrails 13y agoOr he might have been simply killed for sport. Or because he wanted to be. Or insert claim here
- krapp 13y agoThe American government is killing British agents for sport? Ye gods, how depraved have they become?!
- Ntrails 13y agoGod no, the Americans were far too busy writing juicy memos to get involved in this one. I think we all can glean from the nature of his death that it could only have been... dum dum dum ... The Icelandic Government. That's right folks. Due to his persistent mockery of eating rotten shark, those heartless Icelanders decided to shut him up for good. The method of dispatch leaving his body in a similarly putrescent state as their favourite delicacy.
- krapp 13y agoTheir hearts are as cold and bleak as their country.. which is cold and bleak.
- antocv 13y agoThats exactly the point of these murders by intelligence agencies. Plausible deniability and "point finger and call tinfoil hatter"-ability at anyone who questions their fascist tendencies.
- mhurron 13y agoThings that can equally be explained by coincidence or as normal part of his job are not good ways to keep people inline by fear of violence. For government use of force to keep people inline to act as a deterrent you have to have concrete examples of a governments use of force.
- antocv 13y agoGovernment can not kill indiscriminately and as a show of force its own citizens as that would upset a lot of citizens as the government is meant to protect them from violence. It has the potential to stir up civil war. It is only then, in case of civil war, that governments chose to display their power in that open way. Its not the masses that are meant to be kept inline by this murder of a MI6 agent, its the people close to the victim - his colleagues and sympathizers.
- Daniel_Newby 13y ago-1 Daniel Points for using "fascist" as a swear word.
- krapp 13y ago-1 Kenneth points for implying "fascist" should ever not be used as a perjorative.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoNot implied—feel free to call a spade a spade and a fascist a fascist. Excuse me now, I have to get back to my campaign to stop people from "diffusing tensions".
- krapp 13y agoyou're road is a difficult one.
- V-2 13y agoOr a suicide
- farresito 13y agoWell, I highly doubt anyone would commit suicide by getting inside a bag.
- jcromartie 13y agoHow would he lock himself inside a bag? I guess it's possible, but rather strange.
- V-2 13y agoI was being sarcastic...
- jaxytee 13y agoKilling someone and locking them up in a duffel bag in a hotel bathroom doesn't seem British governments style. Before claiming the victim was another Snowden/whistleblower, you might want to read this excerpt from the article: "The source indicated that Williams' work to disrupt the Russian mafia could have put him at risk". "Some of these powerful criminal networks have links with, and employ, former KGB agents who can track down people like Williams," the source said.
- ck2 13y agoHe also flew to the NSA headquarters a couple times a year. KGB vs NSA, which one is actually active and fully funded right now?
- bnegreve 13y agoWait, so what exactly is the British government style of killing people? If you assume the British government chooses to murder people, it also perfectly reasonable to assume that it does it using someone else style to cover its crime e.g. russian mafia style.
- atlantic 13y agoThe style of a security agency generally would be to make it look like either an accidental death (car crash) or a natural death (exotic virus), so as not to attract the attention of the police or the press. The mafia style, on the other hand, would be to make it clear that he had been executed, so as to send a threatening message to the appropriate circles.
- jaxytee 13y agoKilling someone and locking them up in a duffel bag in a hotel bathroom doesn't seem British governments style. Before claiming the victim was another Snowden/whistleblower, you might want to read this excerpt from the article: "The source indicated that Williams' work to disrupt the Russian mafia could have put him at risk". "Some of these powerful criminal networks have links with, and employ, former KGB agents who can track down people like Williams," the source said.
- pavelrub 13y agoYou have been watching too many movies.
- DanBC 13y ago> Williams was unhappy with his work environment at MI6 and felt he didn't fit in with his colleagues. He was on secondment from GCHQ. He might have been very happy with the work and environment at GCHQ. We don't know.