The spying game
13 September 2012
Gone are the days of a tap on the shoulder as entry into the cloak and dagger world
“I was in a bar with my French tutor and he said, ‘You do realise that we’ve got our eyes on you, don’t you?’” remembers recruitment consultant and former Oxford student, Melanie. Her tutor was part of a network of professional talent spotters for MI6 and was considering Melanie for a career in international spying. As the most secretive of the government’s...