XPost: uk.politics.misc   
   From: bern.boergeenreclame@planet.nl   
      
   "banana"  schreef in bericht   
   news:nopRyIALfztDFwJN@borve.demon.co.uk...   
      
   > 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...   
      
   [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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