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Dead British Spy Not Gay Says Friends, Family And Investigators

08/31/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
“He’s not dead, he’s pining.” Er…sorry, he is not gay. That is what investigators, family and friends of Gareth Williams have stated. The MI6 spy who may have been murdered does not appear to be gay at all, and that his family and friends have become angry at the lies that have surfaced that he led a colorful gay lifestyle. In fact, they believe that the rumours are a smear campaign from the government to discredit the deceased spy. Reports have surfaced that he frequented a gay bar in Vauxhall, South London, but that does not necessarily indicate that he is gay.

Police at Scotland Yard have denied speculation that there was gay paraphernalia found in the flat nor that there has been any link to a male escort. Williams was found dead last Monday at his £400,000 flat in Pimlico, Central London, about half a mile from MI6 headquarters. He was discovered in the bath stuffed into a sports duffle bag.

There are no signs of violence on Williams’ remains, and toxicology has yet to return. It may be another week before it is known if there were poisons, drugs, or alcohol in his system, and those results might show that he was asphyxiated. What is known is that Williams was stuffed into the bag after he died. There is one line of inquiry that he died in a strange accident and then was put into the bag.

His death is still being described as ‘suspicious and unexplained’ by Metropolitan police. Police are also looking into the movement of some £18,000 which disappeared from William’s bank account two months ago by what they are describing as ‘complex means’. Williams was known to work on interception of messages and code-breaking.

The police are trying to determine whether or not the money was moved as part of something innocent, such as to another account or that he may have been paying blackmail. The movement of the money is being scrutinized to find out if it may be linked to his death. Williams had recently made trips to Afghanistan to help decode Taliban messages at MI6′s station in Kabul. He also apparently played an important role in the development of the electronic intelligence gathering system called Echelon.

No arrests have been made, and so far no one has come forward to say that they had seen him in the eight days before his body was discovered.

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