Eldorado Posted December 27, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 27, 2019 "Plans of the MI6 headquarters, including the building's security measures, have been 'lost' during renovation works. "The alarm was raised around two weeks ago after more than 100 documents were lost during recent refurbishment work at the headquarters of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6. "Construction giant Balfour Beatty has been sacked from renovating the London site after the blunder." Full monty at the UK Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/27/plans-mi6-building-lost-renovation-work/ "Neither the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, under which MI6 operates as the foreign arm of British intelligence, nor Balfour Beatty were available for comment last night. "An FCO spokesman told The Sun: 'We do not comment on intelligence matters.'" Full monty at the UK Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7829165/Construction-firm-Balfour-Beatty-sacked-MI-headquarters-refurbishment-lost-plans.html (This story originates from The Sun newspaper) 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted December 27, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Eldorado said: "Plans of the MI6 headquarters, including the building's security measures, have been 'lost' during renovation works. LMAO!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 27, 2019 #3 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Give it time, they could end up being found in the back of a cab. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 27, 2019 #4 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Quote Construction giant Balfour Beatty has been sacked from renovating the London site after the blunder. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/27/plans-mi6-building-lost-renovation-work/ SACKED? They should be taken to the basement and interrogated. Hang them upside down by their little toes until they talk. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistman Posted December 27, 2019 #5 Share Posted December 27, 2019 "We do not comment on intelligence matters." Or lack thereof. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted December 27, 2019 #6 Share Posted December 27, 2019 we've all done it, put something in a safe place and forgot where that safe place was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 27, 2019 #7 Share Posted December 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, Eldorado said: "Plans of the MI6 headquarters, including the building's security measures, have been 'lost' during renovation works. "The alarm was raised around two weeks ago after more than 100 documents were lost during recent refurbishment work at the headquarters of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6. "Construction giant Balfour Beatty has been sacked from renovating the London site after the blunder." Full monty at the UK Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/27/plans-mi6-building-lost-renovation-work/ "Neither the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, under which MI6 operates as the foreign arm of British intelligence, nor Balfour Beatty were available for comment last night. "An FCO spokesman told The Sun: 'We do not comment on intelligence matters.'" Full monty at the UK Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7829165/Construction-firm-Balfour-Beatty-sacked-MI-headquarters-refurbishment-lost-plans.html (This story originates from The Sun newspaper) God save the Queen, because British intelligents can't do it, they have left the building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted December 27, 2019 #8 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Is MI6 comparable to the U.S. CIA? Maybe someone sold the plans along with the other documents to the CIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted December 27, 2019 #9 Share Posted December 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said: Is MI6 comparable to the U.S. CIA? Maybe someone sold the plans along with the other documents to the CIA. Meh. If the CIA wanted the floor plans to the SiS building, they'd just steal it from the Kremlin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 27, 2019 #10 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, stevewinn said: we've all done it, put something in a safe place and forgot where that safe place was. I would hope the safe plans for the safe place would have been in a safer than this. (Where ever this is/was). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublehalf Posted December 27, 2019 #11 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Sadly humans are fallible and fallibility leads to mistakes. The assassination of Rasputin, claimed to have been carried out by MI6, would never have been brought to light had the coat of the R-r-rasputin had it got caught under the frozen river. Simply removing the coat would have prevented this. Bay of Pigs fiasco for CIA. List goes on. Be more worried about the stuff that isn't mentioned. This sounds more like a reputation 'smearer' for the company involved. MI6, had they wanted this kept quiet, could have kept it quiet. This sounds, as I said, more like 'You screwed this up, so we're gonna show how much of a screw up you were and prevent you getting contracts in similar circumstances'. Petty? Maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted December 27, 2019 #12 Share Posted December 27, 2019 That's an impressive looking fortress of a building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701 Posted December 28, 2019 #13 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I thought tat building was blown up bij some crook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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