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Britain's MI6 Opens Its First Website

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sshh-don't-tell-anyone dept.

An anonymous reader wites "Britain's spy agency the Secret Intelligence Service, known popularly as MI6, has opened its first website. While much about the agency is still not public, the website has information on service history and career opportunities for would-be spies. This rare peek at the real group popularized by the James Bond series brought over 3.5 million visits in its first few opening hours on Wednesday."

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  1. First we know about by ewg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their first web site that we know about.

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    1. Re:First we know about by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe you're actively posting about this on the other one? :D

      If Slashdot is a cover site for anything to do with intelligence, its disguise is near perfect.

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  2. Nice website by camelmix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better than the FBI's or CIA :(

    1. Re:Nice website by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Uh oh, looks like the NSA needs to watch what gets made public on their site.

      Crypto gear revealed!

      Some of these links are kind of interesting. How many tax dollars have been spent on stuff like this (flash)?

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  3. Best bit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best bit of the website has to be the operational careers profiles, http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/Page74.html

    James Bond, 42
    "I love women and martinins so the 'SIS' flexible work hours suit me perfectly."

  4. Re:Here's a question... by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm a little disappointed that my computer doesn't explode when I click on the page three times.


    That feature of the site only works correctly in Internet Explorer

  5. Re:SIS and James Bond by st1d · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps my [British] english is a little rusty, but doesn't that translate roughly as:

    "This job is mostly tedious and boring work in places you never wanted to visit, but if you are lucky, perhaps you will make enough mistakes to get yourself into mortal danger."

    Gee, where can I sign up?!! :)

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  6. The CIA and Sydney Bristrow by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Recently Jennifer Garner did a recruiting commercial for the CIA. When I saw it, my first reaction was, "how do I know you're recruiting for the CIA and not for some other organization posing as the CIA?"

  7. Re:SIS and James Bond by ilikejam · · Score: 4, Funny

    This from the guy with the 4 digit user ID. ;-)

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