On the off chance you ' re not being facecious , Gareth Williams , a Welsh mathematician working for MI 6 and with the NSA was found dead a few years ago , zipped up in a bag in the bath of his appartment , with the bag padlocked from the outside . During the inquest they determined it was impossible for him to have locked himself in , and the investigation into his life and porn habits suggested he had no reason to do so . There were reports of two unknown men entering his building about the time of his death , and during the investigation there were meetings between the police and SIS , and the foreign secretary kept pulling strings to keep information buried . There was also a campaign of media misinformation about him during the inquest , which the investigators never found any merit to . His death was eventually ruled to have been a tragic accident . It ' s one of the most blatant s t a t e s a n ctionedassassinationcover ups there ' s a media record for , which is why people use it as a joke in situations like this .