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What we know about MI6

Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, you guys need to tone down this evil empire rhetoric because you are scaring the Soviets so bad. They're plotting a first strike because they think you're going to strike out of nowhere. So you actually might trigger a first strike from the Soviets if you keep talking like this. And as a result, they really dialed it back quite a bit.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

In that sense, he kind of saved the world. Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

In that sense, he kind of saved the world. Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

In that sense, he kind of saved the world. Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

I think that's great.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

I think that's great.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

I think that's great.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. So that law that essentially acknowledged that there was such a thing as MI6 back in 1994, it had a section called Section 7. And it basically said if one of our agents is off running around committing crimes in another country that they could be tried for back in the U.K., they cannot be held liable for that. They'll never be tried for this.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. So that law that essentially acknowledged that there was such a thing as MI6 back in 1994, it had a section called Section 7. And it basically said if one of our agents is off running around committing crimes in another country that they could be tried for back in the U.K., they cannot be held liable for that. They'll never be tried for this.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

Right. So that law that essentially acknowledged that there was such a thing as MI6 back in 1994, it had a section called Section 7. And it basically said if one of our agents is off running around committing crimes in another country that they could be tried for back in the U.K., they cannot be held liable for that. They'll never be tried for this.

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What we know about MI6

And some people have taken that as admission that there's such a thing as a license to kill. And that makes sense. I mean, apparently there is a new law that's being talked about right now and is making its way through the Supreme Court there that basically says, yes, and pretty much murder, too. We're not going to try them for murder. And it actually extends to agents, too.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

And some people have taken that as admission that there's such a thing as a license to kill. And that makes sense. I mean, apparently there is a new law that's being talked about right now and is making its way through the Supreme Court there that basically says, yes, and pretty much murder, too. We're not going to try them for murder. And it actually extends to agents, too.

Stuff You Should Know
What we know about MI6

And some people have taken that as admission that there's such a thing as a license to kill. And that makes sense. I mean, apparently there is a new law that's being talked about right now and is making its way through the Supreme Court there that basically says, yes, and pretty much murder, too. We're not going to try them for murder. And it actually extends to agents, too.

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What we know about MI6

So if somebody murders somebody for MI6 and then they defect to the UK, the UK is never going to try them for that murder. So people are like, that's a license to kill. And I saw an agent say on, I think, a PBS or BBC documentary, a license to kill doesn't make any sense. Like if you're in another country and you kill somebody there,