On September 30, 2017, Alex Younger, the Chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), wrote a letter to the editor of the Economist claiming that he would “take the quiet courage and integrity of George Smiley over the brash antics of 007, any day.” Younger-who goes by the code name “C”-conceded that the magazine’s readers ultimately would judge for themselves “whether or not a country’s spy fiction provides an accurate guide to the country itself.” He also boasted that, were they not highly classified, stories of the real-world actions of SIS operatives would inspire feelings of glowing national pride. Why did a top-ranking British intelligence official write a letter to the Economist about James Bond? The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR.
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