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From: lamont@hpcupt1.HP.COM (LaMont Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Spycatcher
Message-ID: <7820002@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jan 88 07:23:59 GMT
References: <22340@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>Like, what is MI5 and MI6?  I know that it
>stands for Military Inteligence section 5 and 6 respectively, but what
>is the difference between the two etc.  I thought that they
>corresponded to the USA's CIA and FBI, but that really did not fit
>well.  I know that the British GCHQ corresponds to our NSA and that
>"vetting" is a security check/background investigation (the third
>definition in my dictionary says that to vet is to subject to expert
>evaluation or appraisal).  There were many other terms that I did not
>know or could not derive from the book.  I guess that the author
>figured that his readership would only be Brits.

>-- 
>				John McInerney
>				john@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu
>----------

To get a fairly accurate simplified version of British intelligence,
pick up the game master's book for the James Bond role playing game.

One of the supplementary books also gives a capsule summary of several
other countries intelligence organizations (terms, how they work, style, etc.)

LaMont Jones
lamont@hpda%hplabs.hp.com