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MI5

MI 5, or simply five, is the name of one of the main security services which protect the United Kingdom. The main team of Spooks portray fictional versions of the this team.

MI 5 performs internal security for the United Kingdom, dealing with threats to the security of the country that come from within it. MI 6 deal with external threats that come from other countries or organisations.

The inner workings of MI 5 are split into different sections/departments which deal with problems or threats from different areas of the country.

Section A[]

Section A is the section of MI 5 which deals with problems or threats that come from Northern Ireland. Harry Pearce started out his MI 5 career working in 1978 by working in Section A under the leadership of Simon Cooper working alongside his childhood best friend Bill Crombie.

At the time of joining, in 1978, section A had a major problem with phantom agents due to a former corrupt member of staff, which was Harry's and Nill's job to sort out. They were successful and even managed to greatly strengthen the network.

Section D[]

Main Article: Section D

Section D is an MI5 department and is the main focus of the BBC television series Spooks as it is the section which employees Harry's team.

Section G[]

Section G is an MI5 department specialising in drugs and organised crime. It is never shown in the TV series, however it is mentioned in Harry’s Diary as Harry Pearce spent 9 months working in the field with Section G from January 1993 to September 1993, confiscating a total haul worth more than £200m.

Section K[]

Section K was a section of MI5 led by Tessa Phillips, who work withSection D during Series 1 of Spooks. After Tessa leaves MI5 at the end of the first series, Section K is never seen to work with the team again, though presumably still exists with a new Head of Section.

Section X[]

Section X was a section of MI5 not shown in the TV series, but mentioned in Harry's diary. It was led by the later head of the JIC, Oliver Mace and it is mentioned that Harry Pearce was secconded to Section X in November of 1992, where he worked with Oliver Mace and Jools Siviter. The role of section X is to make sure MI5 agents are are safe from affairs such as blackmail, by reporting any issues to repective section heads or superiors.

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