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LONDON — When 007 hits 65, should he be deep-sixed? No, say British intelligence chiefs, who want their older officers to keep working, even if it means Her Majesty’s secret service has spies who hobble in from the cold.
Lawmakers disclosed Thursday that veteran intelligence operatives are being asked to keep working after their usual retirement date to tackle an unrelenting threat from terrorism.
In testimony to lawmakers published in a new report, the head of British overseas intelligence agency MI6, John Scarlett, said the knowledge and skills of veterans is crucial to his agency’s work.
