Wife of US diplomat who killed teen in UK while driving on wrong side of road was working for a US intelligence agency, as was her husband, her lawyer says, and that’s why she fled the UK after the accident. washingtonpost.com/world/europe/a…
Previously it had only been known that her husband was working for US gov at a Royal Air Force base in Croughton, England — a base known to be used by US intel agencies. The revelation raises questions about whether she should have had diplomatic unity to avoid prosecution in UK.
A 1995 agreement w/ US stipulates that American staff at Croughton base can’t claim diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution. British gov was told the woman was the spouse of a diplomat. But if she was an intel employee at Croughton, she should not have been allowed to leave UK.
Ned Price, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said on Thursday that the US gov's position is that Sacoolas did indeed have diplomatic immunity as the “spouse of an accredited staff member of the U.S. Embassy office.”
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