[ISN] FBI joins investigation into MI6 spy's death

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:08:42 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8024998/FBI-joins-investigation-into-MI6-spys-death.html

By Gordon Thomas and Patrick Sawer
Telegraph.co.uk
25 Sep 2010

The bureau has employed face recognition technology at US airports in a 
bid to establish whether Gareth Williams travelled in and out of the US 
any stage with a couple answering the description of two people Scotland 
Yard have appealed to come forward in connection with his death.

The couple, of 'Mediterranean' appearance, were thought to have visited 
Mr Williams's flat in Pimlico sometime in June or July. Scotland Yard 
believes the pair, in their thirties, were known to Mr Williams since 
neighbours do not recall buzzing them into the address. 

So far no trace of the couple has been found and detectives believe they 
could be significant to the inquiry.

Mr Williams, a computing and maths prodigy whose funeral on Friday was 
attended by Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, had made regular trips to 
the United States, where he worked on secondment to the US National 
Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Maryland, helping to create 
defences against cyberattack on banking and infrastructure systems.

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