Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail
by arethuza on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:52AM
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That reminds me of a story of someone (I think it was one of the Cambridge Spies) joining MI6 and being faced with a complete shambles of an organisation - they assumed that, given MI6's reputation for deviousness that this was just a front and that once they had been there a while they would be introduced to the real MI6. Of course, that day never came...
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Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail
by jumblesale on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @11:00AM
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This is the main topic of Graham Greene's excellent Our Man in Havana. I doubt much has changed in the competency stakes between then and now.
Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail
by walshemj on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:19PM
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True but unfortunately MI6 and MI5 where tiny pre ww2 and the few MI6 and MI5 officers who knew very well what Hitler was like where sidelined.
I am sure both organizations would admit that the scaling up just pre ww2 wasn't handled very well.
Ironically Moscow center thought at one point that the famous 5 where some super devious plan by the security services.