It's now public knowledge that there's been a catastrophic leak, identifying the names of 30,000 Afghan war-time secret agents who've worked for Britain's MI6 intelligence agency and SAS and SBS special forces units. And within that breach, allegedly 100 of the names belong to the British spies and elite soldiers who ran and commanded the brave Afghans. The breach demonstrated incompetence and a face-saving complete lack of integrity among the non-spies and non-UKSF involved. But then the spies and elite soldiers decided to rescue the situation. And what happened next was truly magnificent…

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In recent weeks, Britain's 'Intelligence & Security Committee' has produced a comprehensive report on the activities of hostile state assassins in civilian British locations. And the operations of these spy-assassins aren't limited to the U.K., with kidnap and murder attempts taking place in North America, Canada, mainland Europe, Australasia, and elsewhere. The conclusion of the high-level report is sobering: these actions are becoming more frequent. Should we be worried? Like the impact of terrorism, should this affect our daily lives? Former MI6 spy Matthew Dunn combatted foreign assassins. He has answers.

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With the subject of communication in mind, former MI6 spy Matthew looks at how certain political leaders have delivered their messages pertaining to key events this week. But do soundbite methods of communication help such leaders? And do they help us? Matthew thinks not. And he has a radical thought about the fine art of conversation.

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