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The UK doesnt have a dedicated 'secret service' as such...
So where did James Bond work? You mean it wasn't real? 
@Joe Dick Tracy is alive and well and working here! https://www.sis.gov.uk/
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| Author: | joe6263 [ Fri May 11, 2012 12:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Secret service |
Hello This is very of topic but is the secret service like the films show them with the glasses and long black coats. Also dose the uk have anything like that because I have never seen one. Thank you |
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| Author: | coolhands87 [ Fri May 11, 2012 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Secret service |
The UK doesnt have a dedicated 'secret service' as such, but members from the police and areas of the armed forces are used to protect important members of the government when needed etc. |
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| Author: | Sharkmouth [ Fri May 11, 2012 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Secret service |
Quote: The UK doesnt have a dedicated 'secret service' as such... So where did James Bond work? You mean it wasn't real? @Joe Dick Tracy is alive and well and working here! https://www.sis.gov.uk/ |
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| Author: | coolhands87 [ Fri May 11, 2012 11:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Secret service |
I dont think MI5 and MI6 would be very pleased to be referred to as a UK version of the secret service, considering that the secret service are basically body guards! |
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| Author: | mfserge [ Sat May 12, 2012 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Secret service |
Some yes and some are dressed as plain clothes civilians to avoid detection. I wouldn't ask many more questions about the topic, you never know who is watching or wondering why the question is being asked. |
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| Author: | wrangler [ Sun May 13, 2012 9:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Secret service |
coolhands87 wrote: I dont think MI5 and MI6 would be very pleased to be referred to as a UK version of the secret service, considering that the secret service are basically body guards! The U.S. Secret Service agents are trained as Treasury Enforcement Agents, called "Special Agents", and deal with investigating counterfeiters and some other responsibilities, as well as Presidential security, which involves more than simply guarding a body. I believe MI5 is analogous to the Foreign Counter-Intelligence (FCI) function of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and MI6 is analogous to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As you point out, these are quite different missions. The U.S. Secret Service has plainclothes and uniformed personnel. I think "long black coats" would stick out a lot more than the agency would wish. |
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