Issue.950April11,2012P.7CultureP.9career.ppt

Issue.950 April 11,2012 P.7: Culture P.9: career Routes to success Real-life espionage General Questions Background Information Detailed Study Background Information MI5 The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5),is the United Kingdoms internal counter-intelligence and security agency. Background Information MI5 It is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) It focuses on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defense Intelligence (DI) Background Information MI6 The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) supplies the British Government with foreign intelligence. It operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) Background Information Jason Bourne It is the main character in The Bourne films are a series of action/thriller spy films based on the character Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss James Bond The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond (code designation 007), Go over the passage in 3 minutes and answer the following questions concerning general comprehension. Instruction General Questions 1. Why is Shami interviewed by by the BBC? 2. What problem does the BBC reporter intend to solve during this inteview? The BBC is preparing for the new TV series “Modern Spies”. General Questions How close are real spies to the Jason Bournes and James Bonds of novels and the cinema 3. To Shami, what is the biggest fear? And why? 4. What kind of person does Shami believe could be recruited to MI5 and what kind of person does MI5 actually favor? The biggest fear is missing a vital piece of information because he may have missed something that will go on to cause loss of life. General Questions Shami thought he had to be upper class, academ