Police find body in bag at MI6 man's London flat

[Peter Presland]

The problems with that Guardian article are legion. I emailed its authors yesterday with a few questions but won't hold my breath on a reply.

The suggestion that GW could have had enemies capable of targeting him personally from the sources quoted pre-supposes one of three things:

1. a mid-ranking techie had substantial external contact with them - highly unlikely
   
2. his identity as a key threat to them was passed by someone on the inside - historical precedents say possible
   
3. he had a private unauthorised agenda rendering him a threat to either (or both) sides - ditto
   

I was particularly bemused by his alleged "GDR sensibilities" and - apropos the Manhattan 11 case - his allegedly being "obsessed by the case, its methodology and characters." both as likely to be part of official smoke-and-mirrors as not.

Not sure if this has been posted before but there is a good info archive on the case here

I also try to keep the WikiSpooks page current with some of the more OTT speculations too.