I saw Stella Rimington on telly a while back saying that no MI6 agent has ever been 'licensed to kill' outside wartime.
I thought: 'Well what fûcking good are they, then?'
I put it to you that what she means is, "When a member of MI5 kills in the line of duty we hold an internal enquiry to check that the execution was justified."
I put it to you that what she means is, "When a member of MI5 kills in the line of duty we hold an internal enquiry to check that the execution was justified."
I should bloody well hope they're out there topping people where necessary. Mind you, I think what she probably means is that killing people isn't their job as that's down to the military once the intelligence job's been done.