A Question of British Intelligence

[el Chi]

I know that MI5 is internal, and MI6 is external, but does one have more power than the other? That is to say, is one answerable to the other?

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Well if I'm not mistaken, MI5 is army and MI6 is navy(To put it bluntly), so I would assume it works similarly to how the armed forces work in that sense. Basically they'l both answer to the home office or MOD or something like that. Maybe one has more real power, but technically I don't think so.

 

[Adrien C]

What is MI4 ?

 

[mortiz]

Yes, we're thick, it's troo!

 

[el Chi]

Well if I'm not mistaken, MI5 is army and MI6 is navy(To put it bluntly), so I would assume it works similarly to how the armed forces work in that sense. Basically they'l both answer to the home office or MOD or something like that. Maybe one has more real power, but technically I don't think so.

Interesting... What I really should have done was Google it, but in addition I thought I'd ask you good people.
Thank you.
EDIT:
"The Security Service (MI5) ... is the UK's security intelligence Agency, responsible for protecting the UK, its citizens and interests, at home and overseas, against the major threats to national security. ... Meanwhile, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)... is primarily responsible for gathering intelligence outside the UK in support of the government's security, defence, foreign and economic policies."
From the MI5 FAQ site - I particularly like question 6.

 

[RRunner]

<insert degrading remark here> - A Question of British Intelligence-

couldent help myself..... :cheese:

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

<insert degrading remark here> - A Question of British Intelligence-

couldent help myself..... :cheese:

Well at least we can come up with jokes instead of asking people to insert their own

 

[DeusExMachina]

I always thought MI6 was regarded higher than MI5...

But what the hell do I know. I'm just an american.

by the way, love your country .

 

[baron insig]

mi3 works on the tehcnology used out in the field and stuff last time i heard they had finished the directional sound speaker( eg you can concentrate the sound emited into a specific area ( not counting diffraction tho ) however that should be minimal

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

I always thought MI6 was regarded higher than MI5...

But what the hell do I know. I'm just an american.

by the way, love your country .

Thats probably because of James Bond.

 

[Jangle]

6. I think MI5 is spying on me. How do I complain?

 

[Feath]

What is MI4 ?

http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page255.html#1

 

[el Chi]

Jangle - I'm glad you liked question 6

Thats probably because of James Bond.

He's been working there long enough, so fair play to him. Did you see that documentary The World is Not Enough? I didn't know before that that cars could go invisible or that you could get DNA transplants. Really eye-opening stuff.

 

[The Monkey]

Jangle - I'm glad you liked question 6

He's been working there long enough, so fair play to him. Did you see that documentary The World is Not Enough? I didn't know before that that cars could go invisible or that you could get DNA transplants. Really eye-opening stuff.

Nor that NASA have laser-shooting soldiers.

 

[Jangle]

..nor that John Cleese is so damned good at inventing gadgets.

 

[baron insig]

jonh cleese r teh suxors

Q was the best!!!!!

he was so the better one he jsut had more class and was there from the beggining!

 

[kirovman]

Yeah but he killed himself driving over the cliff. Oh the ejector seat jokes never ceased.

And Roger Moore was my favourite Bond.

 

[Sulkdodds]

And I had no idea that all bald men were evil, either...

 

[Jangle]

yeah, he was brilliant in that tesco advert.

 

[baron insig]

best bond was sean connery,

"hallo money penny,"

so good

 

[Feath]

best bond was sean connery,

"hallo money penny,"

so good

My lecturer sounds a bit like Sean Connery (they're probably from the same place in Scotland). But he looks like this: http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~euan/euan.gif

EDIT: Turns out Sean Connery is from Edinburgh. Well, that's that idea out the window.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

My lecturer sounds a bit like Sean Connery (they're probably from the same place in Scotland). But he looks like this: http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~euan/euan.gif

EDIT: Turns out Sean Connery is from Edinburgh. Well, that's that idea out the window.

That man is clearly a killer.

 

[Kangy]

Of the cereal type!

I love Frosties.

 

[KoreBolteR]

Yeah but he killed himself driving over the cliff. Oh the ejector seat jokes never ceased.

Didnt know that the Q you are on about was Welsh...

 

[el Chi]

That man is clearly a killer.

Hmmm... I was thinking a pederast, but - well neither is, shall we say, a desirable label.

I was thinking of placing an inquiry here to answer my original question (does MI6 have sertain powers over MI5), but I was a little worried about finding out the implications of questions 5 and 6.