The wife of the new head of Britain’s spy agency has created a problem for him. She had posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Internet networking site Facebook. These details could compromise security, according to sources.

Sir John Sawers is supposed to become the head of the Secret Intelligence Service in November. The SIS is also known as MI6 and it handles Britain’s global intelligence-gathering operation.

The new spy chief’s wife, Lady Shelley Sawers is said to have posted family pictures and details of couple’s residence and their holidays and information about their friends and relatives.

The details were removed after newspaper enquiries alerted the authorities. But till then probably millions of Facebook users were able o view the information.

The Mail on Sunday published the story on its front page and the pictures on a double-page spread.

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