Photo In this March 3, 2008 file photo Britain's Ambassador to the United Nations John Sawers, addresses members of the Security Council. (AP Photo/David Karp) (AP) Britain's international spy agency has a new chief - a top U.N. diplomat who had a senior role in talks about Iran's disputed nuclear program. John Sawers will take up his new post in November, the prime minister's office said in a statement Tuesday. He replaces John Scarlett, whose career has been dogged by concerns over the intelligence used to build the case for the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Scarlett is retiring after five years. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office said in a statement that Sawers, 53, was rejoining MI6 - but declined to give details of his previous appointment with the intelligence agency, formally known as the Secret... [read full story]
