VIRGINIA WHEELER, TOM NEWTON DUNN
The Sun
March 8, 2011
The British “diplomat” captured in Libya along with seven special forces soldiers was a Bond-style MI6 spy, The Sun can reveal.
He and his SAS team were released last night, 72 hours after a secret mission to make contact with rebel leaders went badly wrong.
Angry questions were being asked about alleged intelligence failures that forced them to surrender when surrounded and “suicidally outnumbered” by militia.
Despite Government claims it sent a “small diplomatic team”, The Sun can reveal it was an MI6 secret agent and his special forces minders.
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