Published Date:
06 July 2009
IF YOUR career ambition is to be the next head of MI6, it's probably not a smart move to have your personal details on Facebook. True, the secret world of intelligence has moved on apace from the novels of John Le Carré and the grim exchanges of Funeral in Berlin. And yes, our security services now bend to the requirements of openness and transparency.
But posing in swimming trunks on Facebook, with information on your home and family potentially available to 200 million people, stretches requirements for discretion to the limit.
The wife of Sir John Sawers, Britain's new "M Designate", posted p...
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Last Updated:
05 July 2009 8:58 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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