Lin Reed

Lin Oscar Reed (May 29, 2480 – November 22, 2515) was a Terran security officer best known for shooting Chancellor of the Republic Igor Petrovsky during the Petrovsky affair. 
Born to a relatively poor rural Earther family, Reed moved to Atlantis when he was 14. After completing his secondary education, he was approached by the Office of Internal Intelligence. He subsequently studied at the Brussels FAC security department and majored in political science in 2502. He was immediately enrolled in O2I, and in 2506 he was transferred to the Bureau. By 2512, he had been promoted to the rank of Fourth-class Commissar. 
In 2512, he was assigned to overseeing the behaviour of Chancellor Petrovsky, which had been under investigation by Affairs since 2509. On the 6th of August 2514, whilst tracing the Chancellor in New Haven on Rechio, he ordered for the Chancellor to be arrested at 21:59 GMT. Following the dismissal of local NSCS agents, the Chancellor was placed under direct custody of the Reed and his two subordinates. At 22:44 GMT, an order from the Federal Board of Security and Intelligence dismissed the Terran Guard protecting the Chancellor. Seven minutes later, Reed ordered his subordinate, Wu L. Zhao, to put the Chancellor to his knees. At 22:59 GMT, Reed executed the Chancellor.
Reed and his subordinates were immediately arrested by the Terran Guard. He and his colleagues were charged with high treason, whilst Reed himself was additionally charged with homicide. Until August 2514, Reed was subjected to a highly publicised and lengthy trial which resulted in his and his colleagues' acquittal. This sparked widespread protests across the Federation demanding the dismantlement of the massive Terran intelligence system. Reed was banned from working in intelligence or security and dismissed from the Bureau. He subsequently became a substance abuser and became psychotic. In early 2515, he was arrested for public indecency and transferred to a mental hospital. He was released in late October and killed himself four weeks later, when he was found to have hung himself in his apartment in Tyrum.