Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death (2012)

Or he might have been simply killed for sport. Or because he wanted to be. Or insert claim here

The American government is killing British agents for sport? Ye gods, how depraved have they become?!

Thats exactly the point of these murders by intelligence agencies.

Plausible deniability and "point finger and call tinfoil hatter"-ability at anyone who questions their fascist tendencies.

Or a suicide

Well, I highly doubt anyone would commit suicide by getting inside a bag.

Things that can equally be explained by coincidence or as normal part of his job are not good ways to keep people inline by fear of violence.

For government use of force to keep people inline to act as a deterrent you have to have concrete examples of a governments use of force.

You clearly have never heard of Exit Bags.

Government can not kill indiscriminately and as a show of force its own citizens as that would upset a lot of citizens as the government is meant to protect them from violence. It has the potential to stir up civil war. It is only then, in case of civil war, that governments chose to display their power in that open way.

Its not the masses that are meant to be kept inline by this murder of a MI6 agent, its the people close to the victim - his colleagues and sympathizers.

How would he lock himself inside a bag? I guess it's possible, but rather strange.

-1 Daniel Points for using "fascist" as a swear word.

-1 Kenneth points for implying "fascist" should ever not be used as a perjorative.

Not implied—feel free to call a spade a spade and a fascist a fascist.

Excuse me now, I have to get back to my campaign to stop people from "diffusing tensions".

you're road is a difficult one.

God no, the Americans were far too busy writing juicy memos to get involved in this one. I think we all can glean from the nature of his death that it could only have been...

dum dum dum

... The Icelandic Government.

That's right folks. Due to his persistent mockery of eating rotten shark, those heartless Icelanders decided to shut him up for good. The method of dispatch leaving his body in a similarly putrescent state as their favourite delicacy.

Their hearts are as cold and bleak as their country.. which is cold and bleak.

I was being sarcastic...

Now I can say today I learned something new. Had never heard of something like that.