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>You should not discuss your application, other than with your partner or close family member, providing that they are British. The latter half of that strikes
by rl3 11y ago
>You should not discuss your application, other than with your partner or close family member, providing that they are British.
The latter half of that strikes me as almost laughable.
- woah 11y agoHow is it any more laughable than the overarching concept of loyalty to a geographically defined nation-state?
- yeukhon 11y agoNot "laughable" because it makes sense from their political point of view, from their organization point of view. That's the same as signing NDA. You can leak it, no one can stop you, but you can face consequence if you do. How often, god knows. You are applying for M16 (there is also M15). That's the equivalent of CIA. It's a disclaimer and a warning more than anything TBH.
- rl3 11y agoIt's laughable because nationality isn't an automatic criteria for trustworthiness. That's why security clearances exist. For example, it's not hard to imagine a non-British citizen holding a clearance from a "Five Eyes" nation being far more trustworthy in that regard than a younger British citizen with a penchant for gossip. Nationality is certainly a valid criteria, it's just not very useful on its own. That said, I tend to agree with you; that line is probably best interpreted as an informal warning to set the tone.
- rl3 11y agoIt's laughable because nationality isn't an automatic criteria for trustworthiness. That's why security clearances exist. For example, it's not hard to imagine a non-British citizen holding a clearance from a "Five Eyes" nation being far more trustworthy in that regard than a younger British citizen with a penchant for gossip. Nationality is certainly a valid criteria, it's just not very useful on its own.
- escapologybb 11y agoIn case it wasn't a typo, you might be interested to know that it's actually MI6 rather than M16. The longer form is Military Intelligence, Section 6 you see. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Intelligence_Service Edit: If it was a typo please ignore me and have a great day!
- yeukhon 11y agohaha. yes! :-) Thanks for catching!
- escapologybb 11y agoNo worries!