Islamist terrorists tried to kill MI5 spy
The author, writing under the pen name Tom Marcus, said he was now so worried about his son’s safety that his clothes and sleeping bag were fitted with tracking devices.
Mr Marcus, who worked as a mobile surveillance officer from 2005 to 2013 after a career in special operations with the Army, left the security service after he was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.
"Working as an MI5 surveillance officer is seen as a job for life - so when you have to come out it's very difficult to figure out what job you can do.
"You can't answer the question about what you've been doing for the last 10 to 15 years in a job interview properly because you'd be breaking the Official Secrets Act."
"So, work-wise, I just started at the bottom of the pile again. I got an MI5 pension but I had to make money by working in call centres and flipping burgers to build up work experience."
... he urged the public not to be unduly worried by media reports of the terrorist threat to Britain. He said: “If you do get frightened watching the news, just be confident that everything is being done to keep you safe.”
(Probably because 99% of media reports are [bleep!])
The day I stopped a massacre
“Watching the news, you could be fooled into thinking the world is descending into chaos.
“Let me set that straight: You are safe. Go about your lives loving those close to you, be aware of your surroundings but don’t live in fear."
(Whoa there boy! There's a whole industry living off that fear.)
The author, writing under the pen name Tom Marcus, said he was now so worried about his son’s safety that his clothes and sleeping bag were fitted with tracking devices.
Mr Marcus, who worked as a mobile surveillance officer from 2005 to 2013 after a career in special operations with the Army, left the security service after he was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.
"Working as an MI5 surveillance officer is seen as a job for life - so when you have to come out it's very difficult to figure out what job you can do.
"You can't answer the question about what you've been doing for the last 10 to 15 years in a job interview properly because you'd be breaking the Official Secrets Act."
"So, work-wise, I just started at the bottom of the pile again. I got an MI5 pension but I had to make money by working in call centres and flipping burgers to build up work experience."
... he urged the public not to be unduly worried by media reports of the terrorist threat to Britain. He said: “If you do get frightened watching the news, just be confident that everything is being done to keep you safe.”
(Probably because 99% of media reports are [bleep!])
The day I stopped a massacre
“Watching the news, you could be fooled into thinking the world is descending into chaos.
“Let me set that straight: You are safe. Go about your lives loving those close to you, be aware of your surroundings but don’t live in fear."
(Whoa there boy! There's a whole industry living off that fear.)
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