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The phrase "more John Le Carre than Ian Fleming" can also be found as a quote on this website https://www.sie.ro/viata-in-sie.html https://www.sie.ro/viata-in-s
by throwaway8932 8y ago
The phrase "more John Le Carre than Ian Fleming" can also be found as a quote on this website https://www.sie.ro/viata-in-sie.html https://www.sie.ro/viata-in-sie.html under the first testimony.
Don't know if this is a frequently used metaphor.
- seppin 8y agoThe quote makes sense, but anyone that thinks James Bond is even 1 percent realistic isn't being serious at all.
- RealityVoid 8y agoObviously _some_ people do believe that is what spies do. I would even venture the majority of people believe that. The people that write in these threads on HN are more in the know than most of the public, because they had some interest/curiosity about them. Most of the public lack knowledge about these institutions and have a severely distorted image of what they do. I would guess, some of the commenters in the thread had some brushes with intelligence agencies. At the risk of sounding conspiratorial, you're answering to a throwaway. What better place to talk with people about your job you can't talk with anybody than an anonymous online medium where smart people congregate?