MI5 agents, in disguise, attend trial of a terror suspect in New York court

#MI5 #Manchester #disguise #terrorsuspect Agents of the British spy agency MI5 are appearing in a court in New York as witnesses in the trial of a terror suspect who had, reportedly, made plans to carry out multiple terrorist attacks in Britain as reported in news.sky.com dated 24 February 2015.
The individual on trial is a Pakistani student Abid Naseer and he is accused of planning attacks on targets in Manchester, New York and Copenhagen. He is his own defense counsel and defending himself.
It seems the judge in the trial has agreed that the agents of MI5 can wear a "light disguise" to protect their identities.
The first agent has been identified by the code 1661 – he appeared before the jury wearing a blue suit and tie with a full dark beard and moustache, black hair that covered his ears in a 1970s style parted to the right, and wire-framed glasses. This disguise would allow the jury to observe and assess the facial expressions of the witness. He looked to be in his 20s or early 30s and spoke with a Manchester accent. He has said that he had been a member of MI5 for eight years and, he looked to be wearing a wig and there are doubts on whether his beard was real.
The second MI5 agent who was on the witness stand was a woman identified by the number 1448 – she wore shoulder-length hair that may have been a wig, and black-framed glasses. She had, by her own admission, been in the service for 11 years.