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   "B. B."  wrote in message   
   news:43b91b67$0$10090$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl...   
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   > "banana"  schreef in bericht   
   > news:nopRyIALfztDFwJN@borve.demon.co.uk...   
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   >> Worth another outing. Names of 276 SIS officers. They only include   
   >> intelligence officers, mind, not those with other jobs too, e.g. in   
   >> party politics, media, the law, etc. But here you go...   
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   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>Jeremy John Durham Ashdown (Paddy Ashdown): dob 1941; 74 Geneva (1 Sec).   
   >   
   > According to "banana" this list includes ONLY intelligence officers, not   
   > those with other jobs. According to the BBC and other media organisation   
   > Lord Ashdown has been very busy for decades. He has held various jobs, so   
   > why does "banana" say that this list only includes intelligence officers,   
   > not those with other jobs?   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> David Spedding.   
   >   
   > He died in 2001, aged 58. Does this mean that MI6 employs dead people? Or   
   > does it mean that this list is not as accurate as "banana" wants us to   
   > believe it is?   
   >   
   > Only two examples of inaccuracies. Easily found inaccuracies, I may add.   
   > What if one looks closer into the lives of the other people mentioned? I   
   > get the impression that someone somewhere compiled a list of people who   
   > work or worked for the British Foreign Office and/or affiliated   
   > organisations. Just looking in the phonebook and coming up with a list, I   
   > mean. I could be wrong, but why should I believe that this list is   
   > genuine?   
   >   
   > B. B.   
      
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