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At a crossroads, Part II: No more shadows: The future of intelligence oversight in Congress
In the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, M (Judi Dench) and Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) debate how to respond to a leak that has led to the assassination of several MI6 intelligence agents.
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They are torn between a desire to ensure that MI6, Britain’s premier spy agency, remains a credible part of British democratic institutions and the need to avoid antiquation in the face of rapidly changing technology and…
At one point, Mallory laments, “We can’t keep working in the shadows.
There are no…