Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the British intelligence agency which supplies the British Government with foreign intelligence. (Similarly, MI5 supplies the British Government with internal British intelligence.) MI6 operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) alongside the internal Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI).
SIS is frequently referred to by the name MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), a name used as a flag of convenience during the First World War when it was known by many names. The existence of the SIS was not officially acknowledged until 1994.
In late 2010, the head of the SIS delivered what he said was the first public address by a serving chief of the agency in its then 101-year history. The remarks of Sir John Sawers primarily focused on the relationship between the need for secrecy and the goal of maintaining security within Britain. His remarks acknowledged the tensions caused by secrecy in an era of leaks and pressure for ever-greater disclosure.
MI-6 (disambiguation)
MI-6 is a colloquial name for the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service.
MI-6, or variants thereof, may also refer to:
Mi6-HQ.com
MI6-HQ.com is a media-website dedicated to the people, places and world of James Bond, providing daily updates on the subject.
About
MI6-HQ.com (formally MI6.co.uk, while the link redirects to CommanderBond.net) publishes original, in-depth articles and intercepts a comprehensive collection of news headlines involving all aspects of the world of James Bond, including news on the actors (past, present and future), the production team, film news and commercial product tie-ins. As well as news from the Bond films, MI6-HQ.com is host to a series of portals for both literary and filmic coverage of an encyclopedic nature. The website is probably best known for its range of exclusive interviews with influential members of the James Bond world, including Charlie Higson (Young Bond writer), David Hedison (two time Felix Leiter actor), Jeffery Deaver (author of Carte Blanche, a Bond continuation novel) and Christopher Wood, screenwriter for The Spy Who Loved Me.
Events
In 2005 MI6, together with Cinema Retro and BondStars.com, put together a screening of the Bond film Thunderball in order to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary. Dave Worrall, Lee Pfeiffer (Journalists and Cinema Retro publishers), Gareth Owen (author) and the founders of MI6 hosted the event.
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