Thread by @The_War_Economy

(1) A Spotlight On Gareth Williams.

(2) Gareth Williams was born in Valley, near Holyhead in Anglesey, to his parents Ian and Ellen Williams.

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(3) He had a sister, Ceri.

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(4) Gareth was 5 foot 7 inches tall.

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(5) Gareth attended the primary school Ysgol Gynradd Morswyn, where his headteacher at the time was Islwyn Williams.

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(6) At the age of 5-years-old, Gareth was introduced to the school computer, something he found himself quickly hooked onto.

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(7) At the age of 6-years-old, Gareth became friends with Sian Lloyd-Jones, having met Sian when she was 8-years-old.

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(8) At the age of 10-years-old, Gareth went to Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern Secondary School in Anglesey, where he was taught by mathematics teacher Geraint Williams.

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(9) Gareth became friends with Dylan Parry at Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern Secondary School.

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(10) By the age of 13-years-old, Gareth was gaining A grades in A-level mathematics and computer science, which led to Bodedern Secondary School contacting Bangor University, who accepted Gareth as a part-time student on a mathematics course.

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(11) At the age of 17-years-old, while still at Bodedern Secondary School, Gareth graduated with a first class degree in mathematics at Bangor University.

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(12) At the same age, Gareth joined the Holyhead Cycling Club, where he met Keith Thompson.

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(13) As such, Gareth had a reputation as both a mathematics prodigy and as a fitness enthusiast.

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(14) Gareth's life in school, however, also gave him the reputation of a loner due to his intellect.

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(15) In 1996, Gareth won a trophy for being the best all-rounder at Holyhead Cycling Club.

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(16) After graduating from Bodedern Secondary School, Gareth and Sian parted ways.

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(17) There are now two alternative stories as to how Gareth was employed at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, also known as GCHQ.

(18) In 1997, at the age of 18-years-old, Gareth left his home in Anglesey to study at Manchester University for a PhD in computer game technology, where he was mentored by Terry Hewitt.

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(19) Between 1997 to 2000, Gareth was named the best senior all-rounder at the Holyhead Cycling Club.

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(20) In 2000, at the age of 21-years-old, Gareth was approached by the British security services, who noticed his online gaming abilities. Gareth then visited Terry Hewitt's office and informed him he had accepted a position at GCHQ.

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(21) Terry Hewitt was listed as Gareth's reference for his role at GCHQ, which led to Hewitt being visited by agents from the Security Service, also known as MI5, to ask him questions about Gareth and vet his life.

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(22) Gareth then left Manchester to travel to Cheltenham, where he signed the Official Secrets Act.

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(23) Gareth attended an advanced maths course at the University of Cambridge's St. Catharine's College, but after one year, withdrew due to a cycling accident / because he felt he had learned everything.

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(24) Alternatively, in 2000 instead of being recruited at Manchester University, Gareth took a postgraduate certificate in mathematics at the University of Cambridge's St. Catharine's College.

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(25) During his time at the University of Cambridge, Gareth was then approached by people who offered him a position at GCHQ.

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(26) In either case, Gareth ended up joining the University of Cambridge's cycling club and became their star rider before he left.

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(27) In 2001, Gareth accepted and was hired as a codebreaker and cipher, or as a Communication Officer, at GCHQ, on a salary of £40,000.00 a year.

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(28) Gareth's £40,000.00 a year salary was paid into his Cheltenham & Gloucester bank account.

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(29) Gareth then rented a room in Jenny Elliot's house near Cheltenham, which featured only the bare essentials: a child-sized bed, small chest of drawers, three wooden chairs and a gas heater.

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(30) Gareth continued to cycle and joined the Cheltenham & County Cycling Club, where he met Charles Zanettacci.

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(31) Gareth eventually became a part of the Super Computer Centre / Office of Cyber Security at GCHQ, developing sped up data encryption techniques.

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(32) In March 2003, Gareth visited Menwith Hill, a secret Royal Air Force base, where he became focused on monitoring radical Islamic violence. He remained at Menwith Hill for six months.

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(33) In 2005, Gareth was a part of the active liaison and technical operations team at GCHQ.

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(34) In 2006, Gareth participated in the United Kingdom National Hill Climb Championship, where he placed 29th.

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(35) Gareth then met with his childhood friend Sian again in Manchester, England at Selfridges by coincidence, where Gareth informed her that he was employed at GCHQ.

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(36) Soon, Gareth started splitting time between both GCHQ and the National Security Agency's Fort Meade Headquarters as he intercepted communications between the Transatlantic aircraft bomb plotters.

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(37) As part of the investigation into the Transatlantic aircraft bomb plot, Gareth intercepted e-mails between Abdullah Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Rashid Rauf.

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(38) Gareth also spent time in an apartment close to the National Security Agency's Fort Meade Headquarters in Baltimore.

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(39) While at NSA HQ, Gareth became a part of a joint team operation with people from the NSA, GCHQ and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS / MI6), where he also received his own workstation with a supercomputer and a secure link to GCHQ and MI6.

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(40) Gareth's clearance during his time at Fort Meade was high enough to have access to over 30 categories of information gathered by the National Security Agency.

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(41) Gareth would also visit the Pentagon during his time in the Fort Meade joint team operation.

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(42) Gareth also earned a plaque on the wall at GCHQ due to his work.

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(43) Gareth also visited the National Security Agency Cryptologic Centres in both San Antonio, TX and Denver, CO.

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(44) In 2007, Gareth apparently tied his wrists to the headboard of his bed at 01:30 A.M., only to get stuck and need his landlady, Jenny Elliot, and her husband to free him.

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(45) In 2008, Gareth's sister, Ceri, married Dr. Chris Subbe, while Sian moved to London, England, living with her partner, Saul Herd.

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(46) Gareth participated in the United Kingdom National Hill Climb Championship again this year. He placed 36th.

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(47) Gareth also met Stephen Barnes for the first time.

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(48) Gareth then transferred to an SIS listening station in Kabul, Afghanistan on two separate occasions during 2008 to break the Taliban's coded messages. He was a member of a 10-strong team, comprised of NSA and GCHQ agents.

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(49) During his time in Kabul, Gareth intercepted phone calls from British jihadists at a training camp, where they had discussed coordinated gun massacres on the streets of London, Paris and Berlin.

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(50) Information gleaned from Gareth's work in Kabul led to the identification of Abdul Jabbar (killed in 2010 via US drone strike) and the arrest of Ahmed Siddiqui in July 2010.

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(51) Between August 6 - 7, 2008, Gareth attended Black Hat USA at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV.

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(52) In 2009, Gareth enrolled in a fashion design course at Central Saint Martins College. This was kept hidden from his friends and employers.

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(53) Gareth won the Mary Church Award with the team he worked with for technical prowess.

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(54) Gareth was later assigned after applying to a 3-year secondment at the Secret Intelligence Service as a senior analyst.

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(55) Gareth moved into Flat #4 on Alderney Street in Pimlico, London, which doubled as a security safe house for SIS agents. It was located on the top floor and less than 1 mile from SIS Headquarters.

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(56) The building where Gareth resided was registered to a private company named New Rodina Limited, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands and translated to "Motherland" in Russian.

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(57) New Rodina Limited purchased the property in 2000 for £675,250.00 using an RBS mortgage. They re-mortgaged the property twice - once in September 2005 and again in February 2006.

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(58) New Rodina Limited also operated through a law firm named Park Nelson, which was based in Bell Yard off Fleet Street, although it had ceased to exist by 2010.

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(59) New Rodina Limited was revealed as a part of Panama Papers. It was incorporated on March 25, 1998, and its shareholders are G.R. Nominees Ltd., The Bearer, and A.F. Nominees Ltd.. It is an intermediary of Verite Trust Company Limited.

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(60) New Rodina Limited started to use the real estate agent, W A Ellis, back in 2003. This was done through the United Kingdom Secretary of State at the time, which would have been Home Secretary David Blunkett.

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(61) The apartment itself was soundproof. It had two floors with a living room, fitted kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms, with one of the bathrooms being en suite to the master bedroom.

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(62) Gareth resided in the flat with another GCHQ employee for a time.

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(63) Gareth became friends with Elizabeth Guthrie, who he would visit and watch DVDs with. However, he also used multiple contact numbers and an alias to communicate with her. They shared many interests.

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(64) Gareth then worked on loan for the National Security Agency.

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(65) At the National Security Agency, Gareth was located in Washington, DC, where he underwent training and was sent on active operations.

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(66) One training operation had Gareth handcuffed to a metal bar in a van, which was driven around the country for several hours as he was interrogated, which led to him breaking his wrist.

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(67) During his time with the National Security Agency, Gareth's work sometimes focused on Russia, where he helped the NSA trace international money-laundering routes used by crime groups, including Moscow-based mafia cells.

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(68) As a part of this, Gareth started to intercept the communications of a Russian sleeper cell discovered in 2003, where he researched their lives and methodology. This would later turn out to be Operation Ghost Stories, the Russian spy ring in the USA.

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(69) Gareth also worked on ECHELON, a joint surveillance program used by the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - also known as "Five Eyes". ECHELON intercepts 5 billion conversations every day.

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(70) ECHELON is a creation of Five Eyes. It had humbler beginnings during the Cold War where it was used on military and diplomatic communications, but eventually expanded and centralised in Fort Meade (NSA) and Cheltenham (GCHQ).

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(71) During this, Gareth worked in a 4-man team to modernise ECHELON to monitor Internet telephone calls such as Skype to help track terrorists and foreign agents, while also working on ECHELON's search algorithms.

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(72) Gareth later worked on researching the United Kingdom's vulnerability to Russian, Turkish and Chinese gangs.

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(73) Even in his highly complicated position, Gareth still made time to visit his family regularly in North Wales.

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(74) In September 2009, Gareth took part in a cycling race in Snowdonia, and later in Anglesey.

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(75) On December 26, 2009, Gareth met with the other members of the Holyhead Cycling Club, including Keith Thompson.

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(76) In 2010, Gareth enrolled in his second fashion design course at Central Saint Martin College. This was also kept hidden from his friends and employers.

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(77) In January 2010, Gareth started to prepare to take on a new identity for his job. He was provided with two passports.

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(78) Gareth took his work over to Sian's London flat to learn and develop his identity, taking a box file with him.

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(79) In contrast to Gareth taking his work over to his friend's London flat, Gareth's uncle, William Hughes, said that Gareth would never speak about work with his family.

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(80) Gareth was also still single and searching for a girlfriend at the time.

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(81) Gareth and Guthrie, in the meantime, were planning on attending a fancy dress ball together, with Gareth going as a ninja (or a Japanese superhero) in October 2010 as part of Halloween.

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(82) Gareth also visited websites on bondage (not the pornographic kind) and how to escape from bondage (escapology) using his iPhone.

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(83) Gareth, at some point, used his SIS computer to search for a small number of illicit searches on the database, which may have made him vulnerable to blackmail.

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(84) Gareth had hacked access to a guest list for an event his friend was attending, which was to also be attended by former President Bill Clinton. Gareth passed the guest list to his friend.

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(85) The Secret Intelligence Service, including Sir John Sawers, became frustrated with Gareth's access to the guest list featuring Bill Clinton, as his access would damage US-UK intelligence relations.

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(86) At this time, Gareth had become frustrated with his life at the Secret Intelligence Service, which partially stemmed from him breaking his wrist during spy training.

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(87) Gareth attempted to re-apply to return back to GCHQ and end his 3-year secondment prematurely. However, his bosses were slow to approve the transfer.

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(88) In February 2010, Gareth's GCHQ roommate left the flat, leaving Gareth by himself.

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(89) The same month, Gareth informed Sian that he would be unavailable for 9 days as he would be on a training exercise.

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(90) On February 14, 2010, Gareth took part in a cycling race in Anglesey.

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(91) In April 2010, Gareth and Sian travelled to Trearddur Bay. This would be the last time the two would see each other in person.

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(92) In June 2010, Gareth took Ceri and Chris Subbe for dinner at The Ritz in London to celebrate their second wedding anniversary.

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(93) The same month, £18,000.00 disappeared from Gareth's Barclays online deposit account. This account was separate to his salary account.

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(94) In June or July 2010, a couple of Mediterranean appearance visited Gareth's block after being buzzed in through the communal entrance by another resident, where they claimed to have a key to his flat (Flat #4).

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(95) In July 2010, Gareth travelled to the United States to begin a six week trip.

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(96) During the six week trip in the United States, Gareth visited the Utah Data Center in the Utah desert, which was ran by the National Security Agency. This specific Data Center is classified as "above top secret".

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(97) Between July 24 - 29, 2010, Gareth attended Black Hat USA at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV, where he was tasked to infiltrate it with other British spies by his SIS manager.

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(98) Between July 30 - August 1, 2010, Gareth may have attended Def Con at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

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(99) Towards the end of July 2010, or the beginning of August 2010, Gareth managed to return home to visit his parents, three weeks before August 24, 2010.

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(100) In August 2010, cars registered to the Russian Embassy were spotted near Gareth's flat.

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(101) Gareth contacted his old landlady, Jenny Elliot, and asked whether he would be able to return to his old room in Cheltenham. Jenny accepted.

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(102) Gareth was in contact with two secret agents working in the United Kingdom at the time, where they wanted him to become an overseas agent. Gareth declined.

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(103) On August 10, 2010, Gareth left Washington, DC.

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(104) On August 11, 2010, Gareth returned from the United States, when he spoke with Ceri over the phone. He informed her he would be returning to GCHQ on September 3, 2010.

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(105) Around this time, Gareth may have began spending hours at Valerie's Patisserie on his laptop, where he would receive visitors. He may have been monitoring a nearby Embassy on a mission.

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(106) Gareth also visited London's West End and entered Selfridges.

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(107) Apparently, at some point, Gareth was pulled off one covert mission but had been scheduled to go on another mission.

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(108) On August 12, 2010, Gareth visited Bistrotheque in Bethnal Green, London to watch Jonny Woo. He had tickets to two similar performances at a pub in Vauxhall near SIS Headquarters.

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(109) On August 13, 2010, Gareth made his last contact with GCHQ.

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(110) On August 14, 2010, Gareth visited Holland Park tube station at 14:59. He then visited Fortnum & Mason.

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(111) On the same day (August 14, 2010), Gareth left a message for Sian that he was leaving London to return to Cheltenham. Sian could not answer as she was in Spain and could not answer the call.

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(112) On August 15, 2010, Gareth went on a shopping trip to Harrods and Waitrose. He also visited his office to, apparently, leave some documents.

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(113) This is a photograph of Gareth from the same day.

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(114) On the same day, a "Kremlin car" was seen near Gareth's property.

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(115) On August 16, 2010, Gareth looked at a cycling time trial website on his home computer. This would be the last website he visited.

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(116) It is believed that Gareth died in the early hours of August 16, 2010.

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(117) Colleagues of Gareth's at the Secret Intelligence Service realised that he had not turned up for work, as he was scheduled to chair a meeting.

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(118) The Secret Intelligence Service started to investigate, looking for Gareth, an investigation which took a week. (I cannot tell whether this investigation happened before or after his body was found.)

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(119) On August 18, 2010, Sian returned to London, England and picked up Gareth's message from August 14, 2010.

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(120) For seven days, Gareth's line manager, G, did not tell anybody that he was missing. Months later, in May 2012, the line manager, G, claimed that he thought Gareth was stuck on the train.

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(121) During this time, Gareth's voice mail messages that he had left for his family and friends were deleted.

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(122) On August 20, 2010, Gareth's bosses raised the alarm over his disappearance. However, they did not contact the police.

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(123) Ceri attempted to contact Gareth repeatedly on his phone but received no answer. After hearing nothing back, Ceri contacted the Metropolitan Police.

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(124) On August 23, 2010, Ceri contacted Sian at 11:00 A.M. to ask whether she had heard from Gareth.

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(125) Ceri informed GCHQ about Gareth's disappearance at 11:30 A.M..

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(126) GCHQ did not do anything with the information about Gareth's disappearance from Ceri until 04:30 P.M. - five hours later - where they contacted Metropolitan Police to investigate his flat.

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(127) At 04:41 P.M., during the call between GCHQ and Metropolitan Police, GCHQ's Helen Yelland said that Gareth had been removed from a covert operation and he could have been reeling from this decision.

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(128) At 06:30 P.M., a Metropolitan Police officer, John Gallagher, arrived at Gareth's flat, where a lettings agent with a spare key let him in. PC Gallagher told the agent to wait downstairs while he visited the property.

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(129) Tweet #128, however, conflicts with the fact that the door to Gareth's flat was forcefully entered by police at the exact same time, 06:30 P.M..

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(130) Upon entering the flat, PC Gallagher found the apartment to be spotless, with 1 / 2 iPhones, 2 sim cards and an Apple notebook sat on the living room table.

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(131) PC Gallagher also noticed a woman's wig on a chair.

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(132) One of the iPhones (if there were two) had been restored to factory settings. This was confirmed by Detective Constable Robert Burrows.

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(133) On another table in the living room, the 1995 novel "Morvern Callar" by Alan Warner was found, alongside a London A-Z.

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(134) PC Gallagher entered the on suite bathroom, where he found the red 32in x 19in North Face bag padlocked with a travel-style Yale padlock as blood leaked from it in the bath.

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(135) Gareth's naked body had decomposed in the North Face holdall after being left in the Summer heat for over seven days.

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(136) PC Gallagher called for assistance. Shortly afterwards, the property was inspected by agents at the Security Service (MI5).

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(137) Detectives from the Homicide and Serious Crimes Command then arrived at Gareth's flat, assisted by SO15, Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command.

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(138) Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton, the most senior officer on the team, attended the scene of discovery, where he suspected foul play in Gareth's death and believed that the scene had been cleaned up before he arrived.

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(139) Alderney Street was cordoned off from visitors.

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(140) Home Office scientists attended the scene at Gareth's flat to process the scene.

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(141) Scotland Yard found no evidence of Gareth's fingerprints on either the red North Face bag's padlock or the rim of the bath.

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(142) A unique DefCon 18 badge was found, which had a reflective display and an embedded digital signal controller within.

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(143) A bicycle was located in Gareth's hallway.

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(144) The heating in the flat had been turned up.

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(145) There were no signs of a break-in.

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(146) Two bundles of cash - £500.00 each - were found, with one bundle in an envelope, and the other bundle bound via elastic band.

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(147) There was £10,000.00 worth of mountaineering equipment in the flat.

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(148) Investigators considered the possibility that Gareth's flat had been steam-cleaned.

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(149) Initial forensic evidence suggested that other people had been in Gareth's flat.

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(150) They discovered DNA on Gareth's left hand, but it was later revealed in February 2012 that the DNA belonged to a forensics officer from the firm LGC who attended the scene.

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(151) They also recovered two hairs from the back of Gareth's right thumb and right little finger.

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(152) There were no signs that there were drugs in Gareth's system after a toxicology test.

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(153) However, apparently the date rape drug GHB was found in Gareth's system later, according to forensic scientist Denise Stanworth, which may have been a natural occurrence.

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(154) They discovered £15,000.00 of women's designer clothes in 6 original boxes / wrapping paper in Gareth's wardrobe, several wigs and make up. The clothes were unworn.

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(155) There were 26 pairs of shoes, some of them of the Christian Louboutin make. One of the wigs (a bright orange and yellow woman's wig) was found over the bank of a chair along with a pair of underpants in Gareth's bedroom.

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(156) Lipstick and foundation were found on a sofa near a stocking cap.

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(157) The women's designer clothes were apparently to be given to Ceri and Sian as gifts.

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(158) Metropolitan Police then discovered the key (a set of two keys) to the Yale padlock underneath Gareth's body within the North Face bag.

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(159) Two small bruises on Gareth's elbows were discovered. However, there were no outward signs of struggle. The body had not been stabbed, shot or hacked to pieces either.

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(160) Gareth's flat was placed under armed guard.

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(161) Before 09:30 P.M., a black ambulance was parked outside of Gareth's flat, where his corpse was taken out in a red body bag by forensics officers.

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(162) At some point, Sir John Sawers held a secret meeting with Sir Paul Stephenson, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, in Sir Sawer's private dining room at SIS Headquarters, to discuss how Scotland Yard would carry out the investigation.

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(163) Sir Sawers and Sir Stephenson discussed who would lead the investigation, settling on Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Sebire.

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(164) A major investigation was opened into the death of Gareth Williams, which was named Operation Finlayson.

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(165) As discussed between Sir Sawers and Sir Stephenson, Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Sebire was soon placed on the Gareth case.

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(166) Part of Scotland Yard's investigation into Gareth's death was hampered by GCHQ and SIS, who did not want detectives to probe around into his life, forcing Scotland Yard to operate separately.

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(167) As an aspect of this, the investigation attempted to probe information about Gareth's possible connections to Operation Ghost Stories, although they were rebuffed from accessing the information.

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(168) Due to the separation of intelligence services and law enforcement, detectives working Operation Finlayson had to communicate with security-cleared officers from SO15, who acted as the go-between. SO15 interviewed the SIS witnesses.

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(169) SO15, led by Detective Superintendent Michael Broster, also took DNA samples from Gareth's colleagues and gained the relevant information from the heads of GCHQ (Sir Iain Lobban) and SIS (Sir John Sawers).

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(170) Another aspect of Operation Finlayson required pulling mobile phone records, credit card transactions, watching hours of CCTV footage, and reading his journals, magazines and computer caches.

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(171) Detectives working Operation Finlayson also canvassed the nearby Vauxhall Cross village of gay clubs and bars for potential witnesses into Gareth's last whereabouts.

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(172) Operation Finlayson did not provide any evidence that Gareth paid for escorts, bought S&M equipment or watched porn, used drugs or drank alcohol at any point.

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(173) Stephen Barnes, the neighbour, was interviewed by detectives.

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(174) Two women who ran the fashion design courses at Central Saint Martins College were interviewed by detectives.

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(175) A shop assistant, Carol Kirton, who worked at Dover Street in West London was interviewed by detectives, as Gareth had apparently bought goods for 'his girlfriend' from the store (as noted before, he was apparently single).

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(176) Jenny Elliot was interviewed by the Foreign Office's Head of Employee Assistance to find out whether Gareth had been in touch with her or if she knew where he had been.

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(177) To be continued.