Alternative answers to asinine questions.
MI6 are apparently so desperate for operational officers that they've taken to advertising on the front page of the Grauniad.
The advert reads:
Well, failing getting them on your side, you could do what MI6 (SIS) and its sister organisation MI5 did in the cases of Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil al-Banna. Having confronted al-Banna at his home and failing to convince him to spy for them, MI5 subsequently informed the Americans that he and al-Rawi would be travelling to Gambia, and that they had a "electronic device" that could form part of an improvised explosive device, or as they're otherwise known, a bomb. What MI5 didn't tell the Americans was that this electronic device was, err, a battery charger from Argos. Still, that didn't bother the CIA too much. For them the pair's relationship with Abu Qatada was enough for them to be first flown to Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and then latterly to Guantanamo, where they "stayed" for four years.
Whether the MI6 hierarchy would regard that as another acceptable option should you apply remains to be seen.
The advert reads:
"There are three strangers in the room that you need on your side. How do you get them to warm to you?"
"Could you be an operational officer?"
"www.mi6officers.co.uk"
Well, failing getting them on your side, you could do what MI6 (SIS) and its sister organisation MI5 did in the cases of Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil al-Banna. Having confronted al-Banna at his home and failing to convince him to spy for them, MI5 subsequently informed the Americans that he and al-Rawi would be travelling to Gambia, and that they had a "electronic device" that could form part of an improvised explosive device, or as they're otherwise known, a bomb. What MI5 didn't tell the Americans was that this electronic device was, err, a battery charger from Argos. Still, that didn't bother the CIA too much. For them the pair's relationship with Abu Qatada was enough for them to be first flown to Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and then latterly to Guantanamo, where they "stayed" for four years.
Whether the MI6 hierarchy would regard that as another acceptable option should you apply remains to be seen.
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I was going to say the answer depends on whether they're white middle class types, or those of a more "swarthy" tone...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:00:00 PM