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MI6

abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Military Intelligence, section six; a former official and present-day popular name for the intelligence and espionage agency of the British Government
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MI6

[ˌɛmaɪˈsɪks] n abbr (British) (=Military Intelligence 6) → DGSE f
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MI6

(Brit) abbr of Military Intelligence, section 6 → MI6 m, britischer Auslandsgeheimdienst
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A witness said Mr Campbell had regular contacts with MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), as part of the Government's communications strategy in the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Professor Keith Jeffery said that while MI6 should have unmasked the notorious Cambridge spy as a Soviet double-agent, he could understand why they failed to do so.
"Among the images reported to have been found on the camera is a document, marked "top secret", which gives details of the encrypted computer system used by MI6's agents in the field.
Later, on a second tour as an intelligence agent in Copenhagen, he made a series of oblique and subtle moves signaling that he was willing to work with MI6. When contacted by the British, Gordievsky indicated that he would serve as an ideological spy and initially refused to take money from them.
Russia says the case was a fabrication by MI6 to enable the British government to pile more pressure on Russia and to undermine efforts for normalization of West-Moscow ties amid a conflict in Ukraine.
MI6 officers found themselves undertaking interviews for which they had no training or guidance.
It is not keeping your cool in the shark tank, it is picking up the silent clues that matter." And it ends: "MI6 - secretly we are just like you."
It is not keeping your cool in the shark tank, it is picking up the silent clues that matter." It ends: "MI6 - secretly we are just like you."
MI6, because of the international scope of the operations, are therefore working in concert with MI5.
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I want everyone to know that, regardless of background, if you have the skills we need and share our values, there is a future for you in MI6," Alex Younger, head of MI6, was quoted saying by Guardian in an (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/02/mi6-returns-to-tapping-up-recruit-black-asian-officers-alex-younger-interview) interview published on Thursday.