British counterintelligence service Mi-5 launched an account in “Instagram” in order to ensure greater openness of his work and dispel stereotypes, including the fact that its employees are big lovers of Martini, as shown in James films Bond. This is reported by BBC.
The @ Mi5Official account will work in the format of questions and answers, the user dialogue will conduct active counterintelligence officers. In addition, vacancy announcements will be placed there.
The head of the Mi-5 Ken McCallam drew the attention of future follovers for a funny game of words in English, in which the verb to Follow means not only “to become a subscriber of account”, but also “follow”, “follow”.
And on a serious note, he said that the principle of greater openness should be key in the work of the special services for the next decade.
In the column for the British newspaper Daily Telegraph McCallam recognized that pages in social networks have long become commonplace for most companies, but very unusual when it makes the secret service.
This, according to him, is the main dilemma for Mi-5: on the one hand, the desire to become more understandable for the public, and on the other – ensuring national security, which implies complete secrecy.
However, the social network, according to Ken McCullam, can play a very important role in finding new frames. “It would be dangerous to think that Mi-5 could provide themselves with everything necessary without going beyond the boundaries of his bubble,” he is sure.
The service hopes with the help of “Instagram” put an end to the most rooted myths about her work. It is also planned to publish some previously classified materials that reflect the life of Mi-5 for its entire 112 years of history.
Users will explain the subtleties of each level of counterintelligence – from operational agents to observation officers. At the same time, McCallam warns that the current duties of these people remain classified.
“We have to get rid of stereotypes like the indispensable use of Martini and tell a little more about what today’s Mi-5 is actually. People should not consider service with something unacceptable due to imaginary barriers, such as social origin, Ethnic or gender affiliation, financial capabilities, the availability of disability or in which part of the country they were born, “says the head of British counterintelligence.
About his desire for greater openness, the head of Mi-5 Ken McCallam said back in October last year, entitled.
“More transparency in the work of the Mi-5 and more interaction with the public is, perhaps, one of the main tasks that I put myself at the time of staying in this post,” said McCallam. – Much of what we do, It should remain invisible, but what we imagine should not be a secret. Openness is the key to success in the future. “