The Bond effect? How MI6 fascinates spy watchers around the world
Summary
A French magazine, L’Express, surveyed current and former spies from Europe, the CIA, and Mossad to rank foreign intelligence agencies. MI6, the British spy agency, was rated the top agency across Europe, beating France’s DGSE and others by a large margin.Key Facts
- The survey included 60 current and former spies from Europe, plus the CIA and Israel’s Mossad.
- MI6 scored 251 points, ahead of France’s DGSE which scored 169 points.
- The poll was secret and similar to a Eurovision-style ranking.
- MI6’s reputation comes from its long-term human intelligence work, recruiting and managing agents over many years.
- MI6’s past successes include recruiting the KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky during the Cold War.
- The agency faced criticism in the early 2000s for its role in intelligence before the Iraq war, which was later seen as flawed.
- MI6 helped warn about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, improving its reputation.
- The spy agency values its reputation among both allies and enemies.
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