Monday, March 5, 2012

Ex-spy gives up after 3 years in exile

LONDON Former British spy David Shayler has stopped running.

After nearly three years in exile in France, the man whoinfuriated Britain's spy agencies with his allegations ofincompetence and illegal plots arrived home Monday and walked intopolice custody.

No sooner had he been charged with disclosing state secrets thanthe burly, blunt-speaking former agent was vowing to dig further intohis revelations-particularly claims that Britain was involved in aplot to assassinate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Shayler, who was released on bail, had worked for Britain's MI5internal security agency since 1994, and fled to France after anAugust 1997 article in London's Mail …

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