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Share 'Committed, talented, public-spirited people had their careers and lives blighted because it was argued that being LGBT+ was incompatible with being an intelligence professional. 'Because of this policy, other loyal and patriotic people had their dreams of serving their country in MI6 shattered. 'Today, I apologise on behalf of MI6 for the way our LGBT+ colleagues and fellow citizens were treated and express my regret to those whose lives were affected. 'Being LGBT+ did not make these people a national security threat - of course not. 'But the ban did mean that we, in the intelligence a...

Licensed Troubleshooters Wanted: MI6 Reportedly Recruiting Part-Time 'James Bond'-Style Spies https://sputniknews.com/uk/202102021081956448-licensed-troubleshooters-wanted-mi6-reportedly-recruiting-part-time-james-bond-style-spies-/ New magazine ads have purportedly been generating quite a flurry of excitement among job-hunting Brits, with offers of global travel and an opportunity "to spice up their dull life". A new army of spooks is being recruited in the UK by MI6 "to enhance its core mission", reports the Daily Star. The UK's Secret Intelligence Service has put out a call tailored to s...

British double agent George Blake, who passed secrets to the Soviets  Credit: Hulton Deutsch When the death of George Blake in Moscow made front-page news a month ago, I wondered how many younger readers had ever heard of him. And the older ones were probably just surprised (as I was) to learn that he had still been alive until then. This was a man who last hit headlines in the 1960s – first when convicted as a Soviet agent in 1961, and then when he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs five years later. The story of that escape is perhaps the most famous thing about him. Naturally, the authorities...

Did John le Carré steal story of MI6 spy for one of his bestsellers? George Pendle For The Mail On Sunday © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo It was December 1996 and my father had just bought a copy of John le Carré's newly published spy thriller, The Tailor Of Panama. When he saw that the book's hero had almost the same surname as him, he smiled.  But the further he read, the more the coincidences began to pile up, and by the time he'd reached the end, he was astonished. This wasn't a fictional spy tale, he told himself. This was the story of his own father's life...

It was December 1996 and my father had just bought a copy of John le Carré's newly published spy thriller, The Tailor Of Panama. When he saw that the book's hero had almost the same surname as him, he smiled.  But the further he read, the more the coincidences began to pile up, and by the time he'd reached the end, he was astonished. This wasn't a fictional spy tale, he told himself. This was the story of his own father's life. Dad was amazed but also angry. He had known that his father worked for the Secret Intelligence Services, also known as MI6, in the Second World War, but when he had ...