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November 28, 2008

Coincidence, synchronicity or just random

A few weeks ago, for reasons known only to the inner workings of a deranged mind, I decided to re-read Peter Wright’s 1987 exposé of the British Security Services:

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Wright worked for MI5, and describes his frustrating and somewhat embittered search for a mole in the upper echelons of The Service.

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George Smiley worked for the Secret Intelligence Service, or as it’s known MI6. And, in John Le Carré’s 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, worked tirelessly to uncover a mole in the upper echelons of The Service.

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James Bond works for MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, and last night, in the local Odeon, he was to be found riding rough-shod over the celluloid in a tangled story entitled the Quantum of Solace.

Last night, after returning, somewhat exhausted, from the cinema, I picked up the novel I’m presently reading, the said Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, turned the page and found this sentence:

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Coincidence, synchronicity or just random – you choose.

Posted by john at November 28, 2008 07:53 PM

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