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| Spies lose licence to kill after drunken agent opens fire |
| 2005-04-26 |
| via No Pasaran: The battered reputation of Belgium's security forces took a new hit yesterday with the revelation that its internal spy service has disarmed almost all its field agents after one drunkenly tried to shoot a colleague in the head.... |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #7 Speak of the devil, Assedwich's post right after mine points to it - in today's rants, lol! Being a vampire and out of synch with RB's "day" has its drawbacks. But seeing all of the Zatoichi movies still tilts in favor, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 7:31:45 PM |
| #6 One fools gets juiced up and ruins the gig for everyone. Wasn't there a great story about "safety" (and the psychology of) just yesterday? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-26 7:27:52 PM |
| #5 Don't run with that treaty! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-26 7:23:25 PM |
| #4 This is why Belgium needs adult supervision. It's all fun and games until someone loses an |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-04-26 5:10:20 PM |
| #3 The civilian agents of the Sûreté de l'Etat, the equivalent of Britain's MI5, are already among the most powerless intelligence operatives in the Western world... MI5? Sounds like Belgium's eqivalent of mall cops. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-04-26 2:59:14 PM |
| #2 Bad Belgique security forces! NO SAUNA FOR YOU! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-04-26 2:54:48 PM |
| #1 More from the same article: The agent suspected of firing his gun in the general direction of his colleague's head was said by the media to be an alcoholic with a dependency on anti-depressants. This kind of thing is why when we lived there we were told not to allow Belgian police/officials into our house outside of normal business hours (9-5, M-F). Incompetence + corruption + cupidity = Belgian officialdom |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-04-26 2:46:11 PM |