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"The list names three people as having been involved in the death of
Britain's Princess Diana in a 1997 Paris car crash. Tomlinson last year
accused MI6 of involvement in her death. "
Friday May 14 3:41 PM ET
UK Seeks To Curb Internet 'Spy List'
By Susan Cornwell
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government struggled Friday to
prevent further dissemination of a list of secret agents
allegedly published by a renegade spy that officials say could put those
named in mortal danger.
The former spy himself, Richard Tomlinson, denied he was responsible for
publication on the Internet of the list of more than 100 alleged
intelligence officers and challenged his former employers to take him to
court to settle the matter.
The names, many of them diplomats, were still posted on copycat ``mirror''
Web sites, although the original site that so outraged British officials
this week had been withdrawn.
The Foreign Office was unsure it could do anything about further
proliferation of the list, especially in media outside Britain that would not feel
bound by the government's request not to publish the names because it
could risk agents' lives.
``We're aware of the reports that the list is on other Web sites, and we're
considering what action we need to take, if we can take any action at
all,'' a Foreign Office spokesman said.
Officials were however considering punitive action against the perpetrator
of what was considered one of the biggest security breaches in
recent years.
Police said they were investigating the release of the names
as a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said Thursday that Tomlinson was behind
the publication of the list, although Cook added that it was ``riddled
with inaccuracies.''
Tomlinson, who was sacked in 1995 from the Secret Intelligence Service --
the foreign intelligence arm more usually known as MI6 -- denied he
was responsible.
``A denial might sound a bit thin because I did indeed threaten to put
names on the Internet,'' he told BBC television in an interview from
Switzerland. ``But I didn't actually do this and it's not me that put the names
on the Internet at all.''
He was happy to let British officials to examine his computer and the
records of his Internet service provider.
He added: ``If they want to use that as evidence to try me (in court), then let
them go ahead.''
Tomlinson said he did not feel in danger from MI6, but disclosed that he
had received death threats by e-mail.
He lives in Geneva, putting him beyond the reach of Britain unless it
requests his arrest and extradition. But in a similar case, France last year
refused a British request to extradite another rogue ex-spy, David Shayler.
The Foreign Office spokesman declined to confirm any of the names on the
list, most of whom were British diplomats posted to embassies
now or in the past. Most of their names could also be found on the official
Diplomatic Service List.
One man was said to be ``the leading recruiter for MI6 agents'' at
Cambridge.
At the university, an academic with a name spelled similarly to that on the
list told Reuters in response to an inquiry that he had been retired for
the past 11 years and it was not his policy to discuss any confidential
information given about any student to a prospective employer.
Another man on the list was identified by British media as the son of a
former Conservative cabinet minister. Also among those named was a
member of Cook's staff.
The list names three people as having been involved in the death of
Britain's Princess Diana in a 1997 Paris car crash. Tomlinson last year
accused MI6 of involvement in her death.
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