Word: mi6
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...gets going, At Risk is never less than compelling. The book was vetted--as was Rimington's first--by MI5, but they didn't strip out all the inside dope, which arrives in fascinating little flashes as Liz identifies obscure Russian ammunition, jokes about the macho idiots in MI6 (Britain's CIA) and delicately recruits a young Muslim agent. Most striking, though, is that with the terrorist threat mounting and untold lives at stake, Liz seems to be enjoying herself. "Well," says Rimington, "she is loosely autobiographical...
...February, former top civil servant Lord Butler said he would concentrate on intelligence "structures, systems and processes, rather than on the actions of individuals." But it's unlikely the leading players will get off scot-free. Some of the backwash is bound to swirl around Blair, as well as MI6's outgoing chief Richard Dearlove, and Joint Intelligence Committee chief John Scarlett, whom Blair controversially named as head of MI6 last May. Among the Senate's tough conclusions: CIA analysts overstated Saddam's chances of possessing a smallpox weapon, and in judging whether Saddam was trying to get a nuclear...
...hotel out of a well-packed duffle-bag, getting finger-printed for access at work and being legally bound to secrecy in all my endeavors. If I had heard about this job description a month ago, I would have sworn I was working as a double-0 agent for MI6, Britain’s intelligence agency, or that Ian Fleming could have just as easily made James Bond a summer intern at a consulting firm...
...trying to deliver a 21st century update of that. "Filthy and snappy!" he says to Brosnan and Berry as they film the scene in which Bond and Jinx meet after her swim. He wants more lust and leer in this encounter--and the whole film. Rosamund Pike, who plays MI6 agent Miranda Frost, jokes that "Lee wants to make this an X-rated Bond film." In truth, he just wants a "traditional" Bond. After Dr. No's release in 1962, the Vatican condemned the film's amorality, and in 1965, TIME disdained the popularity of "the sex, violence and snobbery...
...afternoon in Cadiz, Pierce Brosnan stands on the rooftop of the Santa Cruz Cathedral's annex. Taking a breather from a scene in which 007 meets a Cuban MI6 operative named Raoul (Emilio Echevarria), he gazes out over the city and reflects on a franchise that has made him into a global symbol. Bond, he says, "is a leviathan--and it's even more amazing after doing all these films...