MI6's Dominance in European Intelligence Services Masks a Troubling Reality The recent peer review of European foreign intelligence services has crowned MI6 as the most powerful agency on the continent, surpassing France's DGSE and the Netherlands' service.
This ranking is likely to be met with a mix of pride and skepticism from British observers, but it raises important questions about the nature of intelligence gathering in the 21st century.
MI6's success can be attributed to its ability to recruit high level informants and penetrate the ruling elites of countries like Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey.