British Spy Agency Searches for Real-Life Q

He was James Bond’s go-to guy for inventions that included dagger-embedded shoes, radioactive lint and a deadly sofa that swallowed people. Now, Britain’s domestic spy agency — MI5 — is hunting for its very own Q, of sorts. MI6’s sister organisation, which carries out surveillance on terror suspects inside Britain and gives security advice to the government, is searching for someone to lead its scientific work. Projects could include everything from developing counterterrorism technology to tackling a biological or chemical attack