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Aquila pronounced AK-weh-lah, uh-KWILL-uh or even a-kee-laa, means eagle in Latin. Just like the eagle, this blog is my “bird’s eye view” on situations or topics that I happen to come across in my daily life.

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007 CIA

// September 3rd, 2006 // Vanity Plates // 5,532 views

I don’t want to be a stickler for detail, but if memory serves me correctly, James Bond (007) is actually part of The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service otherwise known as SIS or Mi6 and not the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency. He did have the very Brittish Range Rover-thing correct though.

For James Bond related info, pop over to Mi6.co.uk and while you’re at it, why not view the upcoming Bond movie details over at the Casino Royale site and blog.

Casino Royale drops 1 December 2006 at a movie theatre near you.

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14 Responses to “007 CIA”

1. jamie says:

   September 4, 2006 at 7:59 am

   Dude since you got so many car pics if you have any of taxis breaking the law please send them my way.

   http://www.exposethem.co.za
2. angel says:

   September 4, 2006 at 9:13 am

   maybe this is wishful thinking?

   and jamie- i have a mostly photos blog with roadhogs on it, there are a few taxis there!
3. Katt says:

   September 4, 2006 at 11:48 am

   This guy definitely got it wrong! Very, very WRONG!
4. shortypam says:

   September 4, 2006 at 2:19 pm

   hmmm… perhaps the fool needs a lesson in secret agencies and services before he starts driving around looking like a fool… oops he already does, bwahahahaha!
5. Mokopa says:

   September 4, 2006 at 5:50 pm

   It’s surprising how many S.Africans believe James Bond works for the CIA. I suppose for most of them, secret services consist of either the KGB or the CIA, and seeing as though Bond doesn’t speak with a Russian accent, it’s gotta be the CIA, right?

   But for a real display of ignorance, just ask your average South African about South Africa’s intelligence agencies. Few would be able to name even one, almost none would know more than one, and many wouldn’t even know that the country has intel agenices.

   For the record, SA’s intelligence community is divided up as follows:
   National Intelligence Agency - domestic intel
   South African Secret Service - foreign intel
   National Communications Centre - foreign communications intel
   SANDF Intel Division - military intel
   SAPS Crime Intel - criminal intelligence (some overlap with the NIA)
6. Aquila says:

   September 4, 2006 at 8:39 pm

   Lest we forget the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC) that basically co-ordinates the actions and activities of all of South African intelligence agencies that you mentioned.
7. Mokopa says:

   September 4, 2006 at 10:12 pm

   Correct, but as it’s not strictly an intelligence agency, I left it out. I also decided not to mention Comsec (the communications protection company/agency), the Office for Interceptions, the SA National Academy for Intelligence and the Presidential Support Unit (sort of an intel analysis group) as none of them are intelligence-collection agencies. Even the Officer for Interceptions is more of a clearing-house, dedicated to obtaining information from ISPs and other service providers via its mandatory technical links into their systems.
8. Aquila says:

   September 4, 2006 at 10:18 pm

   and so the list grows - Imagine one of those names on a vanity plate?
9. Mokopa says:

   September 4, 2006 at 10:33 pm

   I’m sure a few such plates already exist. I’ve got to admit, I don’t have an awful lot of faith in our intelligence services.
10. Eight says:

    September 5, 2006 at 4:46 pm

    I wouldn’t use the term “intelligence services” in the same discussion as the name “South Africa” it would seem wrong somehow.

    It would be like discussing the “self control” of “bouncers on steroids”.
11. The Yak says:

    September 6, 2006 at 1:40 pm

    OR (Yaks have been known to display smarts, and have also been associated with Satan, and therefore it is wholly likely that one could be/have been the devil’s advocate)

    The guy who owns the car could have a first name FELIX, or last name Leiter, or full name Felix Leiter…

    *pause for comprehension to dawn*

    Felix was James Bond’s only CIA contact..

    Maybe? If we’re lucky? (We can but hope)
12. ChewTheCud says:

    September 8, 2006 at 11:58 am

    It goes to show vanity plates are just there for pretentious dumbasses. They are called “vanity” plates after all. Pity I can’t fit “Duncan McCleod” on a number plate though.
13. Aquila says:

    September 8, 2006 at 3:39 pm

    That’s either the name of one of the editors of Financial Mail or The Highlander from the clan McLeod…

    My guess it’s the latter.
14. sibusiso says:

    November 15, 2006 at 10:06 am

    This character is a real misnommer indeed. He/she defies logic. Speaking of which, has anyone of you ever noticed the similarities between secret agents and funeral undertakers? Well here goes:

    They both specialise in dark environments. like dark glasses, dark cars, dark suits, dark etc

    Secondly, they are secretive in what they do. Ever heard of an undertaker finishing off the poor dead soul (mistakenly dead) who wakes up at the wrong place? Ever heard of a secret agent/service plotting a coup detat using criminals in another country? or poisoning the potential presidential candidate in a country so it may appear to be a natural death?

    Ever heard of undertakers stealing back a casket they had used in a funeral that morning at night? Ever heard of secret agents doing a character assassination?

    Yep, all these things do happen, but we hardly know it, and if we do know, how many of us believe them?

    See what I mean?

    Welcome to the secret world baby, ha ha ha!