Daily Star : SPY FOUND DEAD HAD LINKS WITH USA

SPY FOUND DEAD HAD LINKS WITH USA

By Jerry Lawton | August 28, 2010

THE CIA is probing the bizarre death of a real life James Bond after it emerged he had been on secret missions to the United States.

American intelligence officers are poring over MI6 spy Gareth Williams’ work to see if US national security has been compromised.

The 31-year-old code cracker flew to the National Security Agency, the listening post for the Pentagon, up to four times a year. He had returned from his latest trip only a week before he was found dead.

A Brit intelligence agency source said: “The Americans are as concerned as we are about what has happened.

“The police will understandably want to know details of everyone with whom he had recent contact.

“Discovering who was behind this is the key to determining if national security has been breached.’’

Mr Williams was found dead in a sports bag in his flat in Pimlico, central London, on Monday.

Youth worker Raphael L’Hoste-Morton, 32, of Cheltenham, Glos, listed as living at the same London address and who reportedly worked at GCHQ, says any alleged links made between the pair were “purely coincidental” as he had never met Williams.