Posted on 10/13/2005 2:58:04 PM PDT by Panerai
A British overseas-intelligence service has launched a new Web site to enlist recruits--so would-be 007s can now sign up online.
The MI6 Web site contains the history of the organization, officially known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), as well as frequently asked questions and information on how to become an officer.
"We never talk about the size of the service, because that's giving the opposition some advantage, but we are actively recruiting," an MI6 representative said.
In the first hour after its launch on Thursday, the Web site received 1,700 visitors. The site also experienced some slow loading due to its popularity, MI6 said.
Gordon Brown, the U.K. government's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has invested heavily in MI6 and MI5, the domestic intelligence service, in order to boost recruitment to support efforts to combat terrorism.
The Web site attempts to dispel the myth around the glamour of spying, as portrayed in Ian Fleming's James Bond stories.
But it doesn't resist Bond references entirely: "Staff who join SIS can look forward to a career that will have moments when the gap narrows just a little," it says, adding that recruits will enjoy "the certainty of a stimulating and rewarding career which, like Bond's, will be in the service of their country."
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Republican, SFRepublican
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) - probably not
"007, you have a license to kill, not to break the traffic laws."
I like my Diet Cokes shaken, not stirred.
''Welcome to the official website of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).''
Dr. John Dee 1527-1608, quite a guy. Coined the word Brittannia and developed a plan for the British Navy.
I stand corrected, thats pretty good history
LOL!
Hey, I paid $59.45 for my license to to kill. Are you saying now I'm just a run-of-the-mill murderer?
No. Those guys paid $19.95.
But I got the Deluxe Gold Member's package... (My golden Walther PPK should be arriving any day now)
Well, you should be satisfied with your purchase, and have to live with your decision to pass on the recommended $89.98 package, which includes the .32ACP Beretta, silencer, Gyro-Jet cigarettes, and chloroform antidote.
Tsk tsk.
Not being disharmonious Number 6........are we...?.............
I'll get the Platinum Package soon enough...
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