The man with the golden Speedo

Posted By Brian Fung Monday, July 6, 2009 - 10:32 AM Share

Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6) was forced into damage control mode this past weekend amid a major security breach, potentially involving "hostile foreign powers" and all manner of terrorists. Soon-to-be-appointed spy chief Sir John Sawers is keeping his head down -- and with good reason:

His wife put pictures of him on Facebook.

Not just ordinary family albums, reports The Mail on Sunday, but shocking images of the man in a swimsuit. The intelligence community is up in arms -- but at least one among the scandal is talking sense:

“It is not a state secret that he wears Speedo swimming trunks,” Foreign Secretary David Miliband declared snippily in a television interview. “The fact that there’s a picture that the head of MI6 goes swimming — wow, that really is exciting.”

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10:50 AM ET

July 6, 2009

So FP is just buying the

So FP is just buying the spin? It makes sense to completely disregard the fact that his social network, home location, and other information has been exposed in exchange for some glib comment about seeing him in a speedo? Frankly, this post makes no sense.. the issue was never about a picture of him in a speedo as far as I know.

Come on guys, I have higher standards for Foreign Policy. Even Valleywag got it right in this case - http://valleywag.gawker.com/5307985/british-secret-agent-chiefs-wife-outs-him-as-speedo+wearing-nazi-homie-on-facebook

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