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"MI5 should recruit from Mumsnet..."

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KateMumsnet · 05/03/2015 10:48

Hello all

There's a rather fabulous story in the news today, which suggests that the security services could benefit from MNers' skills. What do you think - time for us to make a [false beard] emoticon?

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JoanHickson · 05/03/2015 11:30

Come to think of it , some of the voluntary work I undertook would have benefited MI5, bypassing the data protection act.

iseenodust · 05/03/2015 11:25

Every passing thought or coded exchanges ??

AWholeLottaNosy · 05/03/2015 11:24

I thought this paragraph was particularly relevant ( and not just related to spying...)

Ms Blears said: “If all intelligence professionals are cut from the same cloth – sharing similar backgrounds and similar characteristics - then they are likely to share "unacknowledged biases" that will circumscribe both the definition of problems and the search for solutions.”

JoanHickson · 05/03/2015 11:24

My dd was impressed at my spying ability. Imagine being asked by a teen how you obtain information from the Internet. I explained a pm on mn, followed by some social media research.

bobs123 · 05/03/2015 11:23

Ah but how do we know that they don't already a couple of former Director Generals have been women after all Smile

Sparklingbrook · 05/03/2015 11:23

Get them to call me. I'm ready and waiting.

"MI5 should recruit from Mumsnet..."
ShatnersBassoon · 05/03/2015 11:23

Yes, people who can't help but type their every passing thought into an online forum would make great spies.

Hiding in plain sight.

WereJamming · 05/03/2015 11:21

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iseenodust · 05/03/2015 11:20

I have experience in sitting in cafes and love people watching.

ArcheryAnnie · 05/03/2015 11:19

A topic for anxious double agents called Am I being Treasonable;

This is so unutterably perfect, Justforblog. I want it embroidered on a sampler, printed on a t-shirt, carved in stone.

ShatnersBassoon · 05/03/2015 11:19

I was just saying a couple of days ago I'd make a great spy. I go totally unnoticed everywhere I go, but I have a keen eye for detail.

Nobody suspects a woman in mum boots of anything underhand.

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JustineMumsnet · 05/03/2015 11:19

TSSDNCOP

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JoanHickson · 05/03/2015 11:18

I would never be suspected either.

ArcheryAnnie · 05/03/2015 11:17

I'm in! I would be an excellent spy, on the Guy Burgess principle that nobody would believe that any intelligence agency with an ounce of actual intelligence would recruit me.

Justforblogprofileadmin · 05/03/2015 11:15

It's a good plan. We won't need special exploding pens, but could tech sort the following please:

Document dead-drop zones in Off the Beaten Track

A topic for anxious double agents called Am I being Treasonable;

A special place for spies to let off steam: "AIBU: to think that standing in a room next to where someone is being tortured and taking notes is NOT being a torturer"; "... that shaken not stirred is a perfectly reasonable cappuccino preference", etc.

LucettaTempleman · 05/03/2015 11:13

mard. Not mad. Grin

HermioneWeasley · 05/03/2015 11:12

In RL my name is Ros Meyers

LucettaTempleman · 05/03/2015 11:12

I always wanted to be a spy but I'm a bit of a mad arse so wouldn't like the inevitable aspects of danger.

sliceofsoup · 05/03/2015 11:12
Shock

I would LOVE to be a spy. Like actually LOVE it. And no one would suspect me. I am too boring and frumpy.

CMOTDibbler · 05/03/2015 11:11

Fabulous! I heartily agree with the report though - the worlds come a long way from the cold war, but the same profile of people are recruited.

I like the idea of the GCHQ summer school that came out this week. I wanted to send ds as he could break any suspect with his incessant questions, but apparently 8 is too young...

JoanHickson · 05/03/2015 11:00

I am disappointed my cousin hasn't recommend me to his boss.

AndHarry · 05/03/2015 10:58

Excellent. Will the spies get their own board?

fattymcfatfat · 05/03/2015 10:58

nothing to see here

gaggiagirl · 05/03/2015 10:58

Dammit I'm not middle aged! Its probably best that I dont apply, I cant keep my own piss in, never mind international secrets.

LocalEditorEssex · 05/03/2015 10:56

I would be an excellent spy ask my children